We're Working Together

Welcome to the website of American Baptist Churches of the Northwest - 150 churches scattered across a vast geography throughout Washington, Idaho, Montana and Utah with more in Oregon, Nevada and California. We believe that Jesus is the head of his Body and as its Living Lord he continues to "seek and save that which was lost" through healthy, mission-focused churches. We hope to inform and resource churches and pastors.
We're Reaching People

God is at work reaching the Northwest through churches engaging their communities in a myriad of ways. Transformation is happening. New believers are coming to Christ. Our connection with one another continues to be strong in spite of our vast geographical spread. New Testament churches knew they were part of something greater than themselves. By joining forces we believe we can increase our ability to reach the Northwest for Jesus Christ.
We're Training Leaders

Developing great leaders is a critical strategy for reproducing disciples. We are committed to leadership development. Our network of Leadership Learning Communities helps pastors become life-long learners who in turn develop leaders in their local churches. We are creating a common language for discussing and applying fundamental leadership concepts and influencing leaders who will produce disciples.

Coming Events

September 27-29 at Ross Point Conference Center

Considered by many to be the most effective meeting of the ABC-NW, Leadership Tune-Up is an annual, all Region event for pastors, their spouses, church staff and leaders. Since leadership is key to church health this conference seeks to resource all who have leadership roles to reflect its scope and purpose: a tune-up for leaders, all church leaders. Bringyour whole staff and leadership board for training and team-building. It’s also an important event for connecting pastors and churches across our entire Region.

Conference Speakers

J.P. Moreland (Ph.D., USC; Th.M., Dallas Theological Seminary) is one of the leading evangelical thinkers of our day as a prolific philosopher, theologian and Christian apologist. He is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at the Talbot School of Theology and director of Eidos Christian Center.

Jim Purves is pastor of Bistro Baptist Church in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is the second oldest Baptist Church in Scotland (founded 1765). However, they are not stuck in the past, rather, they are engaging this post-modern world. The church is alive with modern worship celebrations and solid Biblical education on Sundays.

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