Annual Gathering 2026

Our 182nd Annual Gathering was held October 9-10, 2026 at Emmanuel Chin Baptist Church in Greenfield. On Friday, our clergy began with a workshop on “The Journey of Leadership” with Rev. Dr. C. Jeff Woods, Associate General Secretary of the American Baptist Churches, USA. We then gathered for dinner with some traditional Chin food including […]

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October is Clergy Appreciation Month!

by Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell, Regional Executive Minister Clergy Appreciation Day and Clergy Appreciation Month are both just over thirty years old. In 1992, the second Sunday of October began being observed as Clergy Appreciation Day, to recognize the stress and demands on those who are giving their life in service as pastors, associate pastors, chaplains, […]

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“Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds …”

By Rev. Carolyn Dugan, Associate Regional Minister – Outdoor Ministries “Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together…but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.”—Hebrews 10:24–25 (NRSVUE) There are seasons when God meets me most clearly in the quiet. […]

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