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Save the date for the 2026 Association of Baptists for Scouting Annual Meeting!
Save the date for the 2026 Association of Baptists for Scouting Annual Meeting!
Save the date for the 2026 Association of Baptists for Scouting Annual Meeting!
The 2026 Association of Baptist for Scouting's Annual Meeting will be held on October 15, 2026 starting at 7:00 PM Central Time. We will send out a link for the Zoom meeting to all actively registered members when we get closer to the meeting date.
It has been a great year and we have so much to share. I am looking forward to the meeting.
Thomas Martin
ABS President
ABS Today Eagle Corner 2026 Mid-year Edition
Save the date for the 2026 Association of Baptists for Scouting Annual Meeting!
Save the date for the 2026 Association of Baptists for Scouting Annual Meeting!
The Association of Baptists for Scouting is proud to recognize William for earning the rank of Eagle Scout. William is a member of Troop 134 in the Natural State Council, Crowley’s Ridge District.
For his Eagle project, William redesigned, remodeled, and restocked Cathedral Baptist Church’s food pantry. He led a group of 12 volunteers, who provided over 200 hours of service, to update the food pantry, including painting, building additional shelves, and stocking the pantry with additional food. They were able to collect over 1,500 food items and raised $900 to supplement the church’s food resources. The renovation allows the church to provide additional help to insecure individuals within the community.
Read more about William and some of the other Eagle Scouts recognized by The Association of Baptists for Scouting in the ABS Today Eagle Corner.
Scouts who would like to be recognized by the National 'Association of Baptist for Scouting' send an email to president@baptistscouters.org The association president will send you a letter and certificate. If you would like to have your Scouting biography and Eagle Project we will need those details and parental approval to post this information on the internet.
John Lyon 2026 National Duty to God Award Recipiant
Save the date for the 2026 Association of Baptists for Scouting Annual Meeting!
John Lyon 2026 National Duty to God Award Recipiant
Bridging Faith and Service: John Lyon Receives the 2026 National Duty to God Award
Scouting America is honored to announce John Lyon as a recipient of the 2026 National Duty to God Award. This recognition celebrates those who demonstrate an exemplary history of transformational leadership in promoting the spiritual foundation of Scouting.
An Eagle Scout and a 25-year member of Burnt Hickory Baptist Church, John has spent decades ensuring that "Duty to God" is a lived experience for youth. As the former President of the Association of Baptists for Scouting, he has been a "go-to" leader for national events, including organizing the religious emblem recipients for the Duty to God Breakfast at National Annual Meetings and leading inter-religious dialogue testing for the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
John is a true champion of interfaith inclusion. In the Atlanta Area Council, he successfully expanded the Religious Relationships Committee to include Muslim, Jewish, Eastern Orthodox, Catholic, and various Protestant representatives, while actively working to bring Buddhist, Hindu, and Sikh voices to the table. His work transcends boundaries; he has been honored with the Baptist Silver Good Shepherd, the Methodist Cross and Flame, the Catholic Bronze Pelican, and the Islamic Committee’s Service to Humanity for World Peace award.
Beyond policy, John’s impact is personal. He has taught religious emblem classes to over 190 youth and is known for his "Christ-centered presence," even providing life-saving assistance to a fellow Scouter during the 2019 World Jamboree.
Please join us in congratulating John Lyon for his tireless dedication to building bridges of faith across the Scouting movement.
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Chapel Work at Philmont May 6-10, 2026
Jamboree 2026 Plans - Youth Staff
Jamboree 2026 Plans - Youth Staff
Thanks to the hard work of a number of volunteers over the past few years, the Chapel Refurbishment Week has become part of the annual calendar at Philmont Scout Ranch. The largest representation each year has come from the Associator of Baptists for Scouting team led by Donna Copeland. We will begin planning our next work weekend. Typically it will be Wednesday thru Saturday in early May. Donna Copeland dcopeland@baptistscouters.orgwho will again coordinate the ABS team if you are interested in future opportunities. A completed medical form is required plus the ability to carry tools and work at altitudes to 10,000 feet. The size of the entire group is limited by accommodation and logistical considerations, so act soon if you are interested.
Jamboree 2026 Plans - Youth Staff
Jamboree 2026 Plans - Youth Staff
Jamboree 2026 Plans - Youth Staff
BSA National Jamboree
July 22-31, 2026
Duty to God Program Area, Baptist Exhibit, Association of Baptist for Scouting.
Objective:
1. Share the Gospel message of salvation with youth and adults.
2. Answer questions and explain the differences between other evangelical churches and Baptist.
3. Promote the PRAY program used by Baptist for the scouts Duty to God recognition.
4. Give everyone an opportunity to leave a prayer or prayer request. We would pray for these scouts at our daily staff meeting.
5. Tell scouts and adults what ABS does to support scouting and encourage adults to join ABS.
Highlights: Our four staff members, three adults and one youth counted 529 contacts in the Baptist Exhibit Booth. We handed out over 600 Baptist Jamboree 2026 patches. These patches included Jesus’s words to Nicodemus in John 3:16 “For God so loved the world” and featured a backcountry chapel at Philmont in the background.
Thanks to a donation from Ted Spangenberg, 218 of the ‘The Invitation’ New Testaments were given out.
Scouts took over 250 ‘How can I pray for you today’ stickers to put on their water bottles.
We had 87 prayers or prayer request over the 8 days of the Jamboree.
We created a 2” round stickers with our 2026 Baptist Jamboree Patch image and gave these out in the booth and to scouts in the area to encourage them to visit our booth and the Duty to God area. We gave out around 1500 of these stickers reminding scouts that “For God so loved the world”. We got to spend time just visiting with dozens of scouters and talk about what they are doing back home in their scouting ministry and serving God in their respective churches. Six adult became new ABS members during the Jamboree.
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