FRIENDS OF ABCCONN

Working Together to Equip the Saints for the Work of Ministry

Do you remember your church’s last pastoral search process, and how you received help from your area or executive minister?  Have you ever needed resources for your Sunday school and found that an individual with great ideas was only a phone call away?  What about that particularly challenging financial enlistment program, and the person who came from American Baptist Churches of Connecticut (ABCCONN) to help you put it together?  Or that support staff member who is always friendly, patient and a wealth of information?

Many things are accomplished by the shared resources of ABCCONN which few churches would be able to do working alone.  Staff support helps churches transform themselves from tired to refreshed.  Professional groups assist pastors who seek to grow in leadership skills.  State-wide and national resources help in the process of discerning the right pastor to serve a congregation.  Churches are even able to receive private legal advice.  All of these resources and opportunities, and many more, are available to your church because of its association with ABCCONN. 

However, ABCCONN’s resources are limited.  Its overhead – staff, occupancy and office expenses – has risen with the cost of living, while local churches, faced with the same rising costs, have been unable to increase mission giving proportionately.  For the last several years, a group of individuals – entitled “Friends of ABCCONN” – have stepped in to provide ABCCONN with needed additional gifts. 

Now, through the Campaign for ABCCONN and Camp Wightman, we are offering more individuals a chance to broaden and deepen the effort, realizing that those who know ABCCONN best believe that its ministry is worthy of extra support.

We all know that one person can make a huge difference when we need advice, answers, and support.  ABCCONN’s ministry is about people helping people, so that churches can be about the work of ministry.  You are already an important friend, and now you can make a difference in ABCCONN’s continued ability to offer all the services our churches need. 

We invite you to become a friend of ABCCONN through participation in the Campaign for ABCCONN and Camp Wightman.  Help celebrate God’s transforming power by keeping ABCCONN a vital and critical resource for our local churches.