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Richard W. Schramm, Director 
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LUTTON ASSUMES DEVELOPMENT 
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR ABW MINISTRIES
 Kristine L. Lutton of Bozeman, Mont., has been 
named associate executive director for development in 
American Baptist Women's Ministries, effective Jan. 14.  
Executive Director Virginia Holmstrom announced the 
appointment for the new position.
 Lutton will carry primary responsibility for 
developing and implementing funding strategies for the 
organization, as well as for designing communication 
strategies and tools for communicating the mission of 
American Baptist Women's Ministries.  She also will help 
lead the organization with long-range planning.
 Lutton co-founded Strategies, Inc., a consulting 
firm that assists corporations and nonprofit organizations 
with their unique communication and fund development 
challenges, in 1993.  She brings a breadth of experiences 
from her work with nonprofit organizations, much of it 
pertinent to ABW Ministries and AB GIRLS, Holmstrom 
noted.  Her consulting work with a Girl Scout council 
helped it to create an image that attracted younger 
women and their daughters to the organization and raised 
the level of financial support.
 From 1989 to 1993 Lutton was director of 
marketing for Hospital Development Inc. (HDI), a national 
fund development consulting company serving the 
healthcare industry.  The company's rapid growth was 
attributed to her ability to effectively direct financial and 
human resources in the implementation of its strategic 
plan.  
 Lutton served for four years as a state board 
member of the National Society of Fund Raising 
Executives.
 She is a graduate of Baptist Bible College in Clarks 
Summit, Pa.  A member of First Baptist Church of 
Bozeman, she serves as the conference chairperson on the 
Montana ABW Ministries board. 
 "I believe that God has been preparing Kris Lutton 
to serve in this new role with American Baptist Women's 
Ministries," said Holmstrom.  "Our board and staff are 
excited about the seasoned experience and skills she 
brings in areas of organizational development and fund 
raising.  Kris is a real `people person' who I'm sure will 
help strengthen our outreach and ministries among girls 
and women.  I am grateful for her desire to serve Jesus 
Christ in this ministry."
 The mission of American Baptist Women's 
Ministries is to provide vision, training and resources for 
ministries with women and girls in American Baptist 
Churches USA.  The organization provides opportunities 
for women and girls to "become and develop as God's 
person, build God's faith community, and serve God's 
world."  The ABW Ministries national board is currently 
engaged in a strategic planning process to set vision and 
strategies to better equip local churches for women's 
ministries. 

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