Women who are married to pastors play unique roles in the church, yet often receive little training or support for their roles.

Don’t miss our exciting BALM Banquet Oct 24th! Hear all that God has been doing in our work in church planting and renewal, theological education, and more!

Danielle Snyder (with husband Jon above) is the new Dean of Mentoring at Metro Baltimore Seminary. Both earned their M.Div. degrees from MBS.

Record enrollment in Metro Baltimore Seminary this fall!

BALM’s 7 -week online Discipleship Pathway Training (DPT) begins Oct. 7! This training explores the importance of prayer, how to live as missionaries and reach people where you live, work, and play, and how to teach Discovery Bible Studies so people meet Jesus for themselves in the Word of God. One recent attendee of our online training said, “We usually think of evangelism as persuasion, but this is evangelism as discovery… very refreshing. You’ve given us a treasure trove to explore."

Contact us or visit our website for more information!

Inverness Presbyterian Church has served the Dundalk community for over 140 years, but is seeking renewal.

Rev. Derek Pulliam, who recently received his Master’s of Divinity from Metro Baltimore Seminary, helps with BALM’s MBS students and to develop our discipleship-focused Unbound microchurch network in and around Baltimore.

BALM and Metro Baltimore Seminary continue to raise up leaders for Baltimore & beyond. Ken Harris (pictured at right), MBS class of 2023) was recently ordained as a pastor at Covenant of Grace Church, & Rob Gicking (at left; MBS class of 2021) is the new Senior Pastor at Cornerstone Presbyterian Church.

BALM is reaching the nations! Metro Baltimore Seminary student Krishna Kandel serves Nepalese immigrants in Baltimore. Christi Sabb’s (photo at right) YouTube ministry reaches almost 40,000 people from many nations.

 “God was absolutely working through that conference... People were having serious conversations about how to implement [Hirsch's disciple-making principles]. I was extraordinarily energized by it.”

How do you revitalize a 140-year-old urban church facing the stark possibility of closure? In 2021, Abbott Memorial Presbyterian Church faced this question.

Abbott has been a faithful witness to the city since 1882. Many early attendees were immigrants, and over the decades, new immigrants came from Germany, Poland, Greece, and more recently, Central America.

Photo: Christi and son Xander

Pastor EC Holmes recetly received his Bachelor's in Theology at Metro Baltimore Seminary.

The pandemic served as an accelerator to speed up the dramatic attendance drop we've seen over the last 20 years. Weekly attendance dropped from 137 to 65 before the pandemic in 2020. While larger churches are showing a strong comeback now, smaller churches are continuing to decline or close.

Our gala was a feast of testimonies, food, fellowship, and encouragement! "Very informative program, delicious dinner, great fellowship," said one attendee. People heard about our four engines for disciple-making: Metro Baltimore Seminary, Church Renewal, Micro-Churches, and Baltimore Sports Academy.

Metro Baltimore Seminary’s inaugural graduation ceremony featured twenty-five students who earned B.A. or M.Div. degrees!

We are delighted to see all that God has done in Baltimore Antioch Leadership Movement in just three years.

We will share highlights of the last three years and future goals in our upcoming Gala Event on May 13, 2022, from 6:30-8:30 pm. Guests will enjoy a delicious banquet, hear from men and women impacted by BALM’s ministry, meet BALM staff, and be invited to pray for and support BALM. We'll be blessed by our emcee, Tracey Tiernan Coiro of SHINEFM and Your Day Brighter podcast.

Volunteers needed: we need help setting up/breaking down tables for the event. If you can help, please contact Tracy Taylor here.

We are also looking for individuals to help by sponsoring a table ($500) or half table ($250). Table sponsors will be given 8 free tickets to distribute to individuals who might be interested in BALM. please scan the code at left, or click this link to go to BALM's donation page and in the comments area, write TABLE SPONSOR. Questions? Contact Tracy Taylor here.

The church in America faces serious challenges: How do we minister in our changing culture? How do we reach our culturally and ethnically diverse neighbors? How do we raise up new leaders? God is using BALM to address these challenges.