Posts published in “Mississippi”

North Greenwood Church makes sacrificial gift to relief effort

PRAYER FOR RELIEF EFFORT — Ed Litton (right), president of the Southern Baptist Convention and lead pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, Ala., prays with disaster relief leaders (second from right), Bryant Wright, president of SEND Relief; Jamie Ward (second from left), co-lead pastor of Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green, Ky.; and Sam Porter, SEND Relief national director of disaster relief, at the site of a devastating tornado that struck the Bowling Green area on Dec. 11. (Photo Credit: Baptist Press/Morgan Bass)

North Greenwood Church makes sacrificial gift to relief effort

December 17, 2021

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (BP and local reports) – North Greenwood Church, Greenwood, has sent $50,000 to the disaster relief effort underway after as many as…

State fair evangelism outreach records professions of faith

SPECIAL MINISTRY — Hunter Tucker (left), student pastor at Good Hope Church, Richton, poses with volunteers from the church at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board evangelism booth at the 2021 Mississippi State Fair in Jackson. Good Hope was one of several churches that sent volunteers to serve during the outreach effort.

State fair evangelism outreach records professions of faith

December 3, 2021

Justices hear legal arguments on Mississippi abortion law

FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT — Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch addresses the pro-life rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1, the day the high court heard the state’s appeal in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization regarding Mississippi’s law banning abortions after 15 weeks gestation. (Photo credit: Baptist Press)

Justices hear legal arguments on Mississippi abortion law

December 2, 2021

ERLC staff look to Dec. 1 hearing on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion law scheduled before U.S. Supreme Court

ERLC staff look to Dec. 1 hearing on Mississippi’s 15-week abortion law scheduled before U.S. Supreme Court

November 30, 2021

First Church, Pontotoc, provides Thanksgiving dinner with a sweet side of faith

SWEET SERVICE — Ken Hester (right), senior pastor of First Church, Pontotoc, assists church member Michelle Benjamin as she prepares to serve her special sweet potato casserole recipe at the church’s annual Feeding of the 5,000 Thanksgiving dinner distribution.

First Church, Pontotoc, provides Thanksgiving dinner with a sweet side of faith

November 29, 2021

ERLC releases practical
guide addressing artificial
reproductive technologies
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has released a new practical guide designed to help churches navigate the topic of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). The free guide, released Tuesday (Feb. 24), is titled “Desiring Children: A Practical Guide to Addressing Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Church.” It contains a theological framework addressing the topic of ARTs from a biblical worldview and offers answers to practical scenarios that ministry leaders may face or have faced regarding the topic. The guide also contains a list of additional resources on ARTs from a variety of Christian sources. The guide was written by the ERLC research team, led by RaShan Frost, ERLC director of research and senior fellow. “The desire to have children of one’s own is a good and natural desire that recognizes the gift sons and daughters are to our families and our societies. Unfortunately, due to the fall in Genesis 3, the desire to have children is often complicated by the devastating reality of infertility,” Frost wrote in the guide’s forward.