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History of Baptists in Mississippi to be updated in new book

BAPTIST HISTORY — Shawn Parker (left), executive director-treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board; Anthony Kay (second from right), executive director of the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission; and author Robert Rogers, staff chaplain at Forrest General Hospital in Hattiesburg, inspect a painting of the first Baptist church in Mississippi, Salem Church (Coles Creek) in Jefferson County, by retired Mississippi Baptist pastor Robert Mamrak. (Photo credit: Barri A. Shirley)

History of Baptists in Mississippi to be updated in new book

November 15, 2021

By Tony MartinAssociate Editor The Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission (MBHC), in conjunction with the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB), is revising and updating the 1971…

Governor announces extension, lifting of COVID-19 state of emergency

Governor announces extension, lifting of COVID-19 state of emergency

November 12, 2021

CONCEPTS: This life and death matter calls for Day of Fasting and Prayer

CONCEPTS: This life and death matter calls for Day of Fasting and Prayer

November 10, 2021

Warren recognized as Bivocational Pastor of the Year

Warren recognized as Bivocational Pastor of the Year

November 3, 2021

Pinelake Church baptizes over 250 people across five campuses

Daniel Judge (right), college pastor at the Oxford campus of Pinelake Church, baptizes a new believer Sept. 12 at Highlands Subdivision Lake in Oxford.

Pinelake Church baptizes over 250 people across five campuses

November 2, 2021

Trump, pro-life leaders at
odds in recent developments
NASHVILLE (BP) — The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission released a letter Jan. 16 calling for President Trump’s action on recent issues that have brought friction between the pro-life movement and an administration historically supportive of it. Trump’s terms in the White House have been consequential for the pro-life movement, to say the least. Shortly after taking office last year, he enforced the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal funding of abortions. He reinstated and expanded the Mexico City Policy. Perhaps most of all, the appointment of three pro-life Supreme Court justices in his first term led to the overturning of Roe v Wade. Last week, however, the president said conservative Republicans need to be “flexible” regarding Hyde during across-the-aisle negotiations over health care. Hyde has factored in debates on Affordable Care Act subsidies that expired last year. Conservatives, of course, didn’t like the idea, which led the White House to walk back the president’s comments. The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) approved another generic abortion drug last fall. Chemical abortions account for 63 percent of all abortions, per a 2023 study by the Guttmacher Institute. This week, it was revealed that the Department of Health and Human Services quietly released tens of millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood through Title X that had been withheld since last spring as part of a move by lawmakers to defund abortion providers for at least one year. Trump told reporters he was unaware of those disbursements. Hollingsworth described the Hyde Amendment as “not up for debate.”