The number one complaint we hear from job seekers when applying online is that they never get any response to their applications. The resume goes out and nothing ever comes back! It can be very disheartening to take the time and effort to apply for a job and have nothing to show for it–not even […]

We are on the move! When ABF sent our Director of Programs, Marilyn Jones, and our Manager of Administration, Jennifer Day, on a research trip to the Philippines, they visited several communities of active Christian Scientists. They met with a number of students eligible for our college and vocational training programs. We are thrilled to […]

In recognition of our 50 years of serving Christian Scientists, we hope you will join us at one of our two informal anniversary receptions. On Saturday, April 26, 2014, we will be at Arden Wood, 445 Wawona Street, in San Francisco. And on Sunday, May 4, 2014, we will be at The Willows, 23871 Willows Drive, in […]

We recently heard from Emmeline Quist, who graduated from Ashesi University College in Accra, Ghana, in 2013, with a degree in Business Administration.  Here, she shares the  journey that led to her “dream school” and employment in a highly respected Ghanian company.  Now she pledges to help other students achieve their goals. “My gratitude to […]

The current economic situation in the United States has a major influence on first-year students’ decisions about which college to attend and is reflected in their reasons for pursuing higher education, according to the CIRP Freshman Survey, UCLA’s annual survey of the nation’s entering students at four-year colleges and universities. The survey is administered nationally, since 1966, by […]

ABF’s director of programs, Marilyn Jones, is in Seattle today to share how The Albert Baker Fund can assist Christian Scientists with their educational goals. Marilyn will give an informal talk tonight, February 19, after the testimony meeting at First Church of Christ, Scientist, Seattle, which is located at 900 Thomas St. in South Lake Union. If you’re […]

This simple question was the very genesis of The Albert Baker Fund (ABF) in 1964. We recently talked to Joyce Heard Hawes, C.S., who vividly recalls how The Albert Baker Fund began. “During the years my late husband, Joseph Heard, was head of the College Org Division of The Mother Church, his office received many requests for […]

We love to hear about the impact that ABF alums are having around the world.  In Kampala, Uganda, Dixon Ampumuza has put his passion for education to good use in his position as Advocacy Manager for Media in Education at the country’s leading daily newspaper, New Vision. Dixon and his team recently received a silver […]

Building on our solid track record of helping Christian Scientists in the US and Canada, The Albert Baker Fund has successfully expanded our outreach to help fund the education of Christian Scientists in ten African countries since 2004.

When ABF’s Director of Programs, Marilyn Jones, set off on a six-country trip to the UK and Africa in April, she says she knew it would be an adventure—but she came home with so much more than pictures and memories.