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Welcome to the American Baptist Home Mission Societies Scholarship Application! Please carefully read and answer each question. All official materials, including the application, church membership certification form, resume, and a copy of your official transcript, must be uploaded by April 15 at 5:00 p.m. EST.

NOTE: We are experiencing problems with our LABS application. If you are unable to submit your application designated as LABS, please submit your application as a general scholarship and send an email to scholarships@abhms.org informing us of your decision to apply as a LABS application.

Please note:

Please do not forward the application link to others. We must determine eligibility before sharing the application.
Scholarship Applications will only be considered complete once all items have been uploaded into the application and submitted.
It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the Church Membership Certification Form is submitted by the deadline.
The Church Membership Certification Form will be automatically sent to the email address you provide in your application. At times, the form can be found in one's spam folder.
Application submission does not guarantee an award. All decisions will be communicated to you by email before June 2023.

It is our pleasure and purpose to financially assist as many students as possible through our scholarship ministry. We hope you will succeed with this year's application for the 2023-2024 ABHMS scholarship award.

If you have questions, please refer to our website abhms.org/ministries/developing-leaders/education-scholarships. For further inquiries, contact Alexzandria Sanchez, National Coordinator for Scholarships and Emerging Leaders, and Juliana Herrera, Applications Coordinator, at scholarships@abhms.org.

ABHMS has several different scholarships available for American Baptist students.

Students are only eligible to receive one scholarship per academic cycle.

Pertinent Applicant Information

How will you be attending School?

Full-Time

Part-Time

Which scholarship are you applying for?

Undergraduate ScholarshipMasters Scholarship - Ellen Cushing (non-seminarian; women only)Masters Scholarship - SeminarianLatin American Baptist Seminarian (LABS)International Baptist Seminaries (IBS)

NOTE: Ph.D. and D.Min. candidates are ineligible and should consult the Continuing Education (CE) Applications website.

Guardian Information

Undergraduate students, please provide parent or legal guardian information.

Parent/Guardian 1 - Name

First Name

Last Name

Parent/Guardian 1 - Daytime Phone

Parent/Guardian 1 - Email

Is Parent/Guardian 1 American Baptist clergy?

Yes

Parent/Guardian 2 - Name

First Name

Last Name

Parent/Guardian 2 - Daytime Phone

Parent/Guardian 2 - Email

Is Parent/Guardian 2 American Baptist clergy?

Yes

In what church/ministry does your parent/guardian serve?

ABHMS often seeks to contact parents and guardians of scholarship recipients for various philanthropic and social experiences. Consent is not required, however, ABHMS will not contact parents unless consent is explicitly granted.

I consent to contact the parent(s)/guardian(s) above.

Essays

Essay 1. How was COVID-19 impacted your church and personal faith journey? Describe your prayer and worship experience in the wake of COVID-19. How have you engaged with other members of your congregation, other Baptist churches, and/or the wider faith community?

Document Uploads

Please upload PDF of your most current transcript/report card (unofficial copies are acceptable).

Only .pdfs can be uploaded

Please upload a PDF resume, including your involvement in school, church, and community activities

Upload only .pdf,, .doc, and .docx files