Posts published in “Mississippi”

Mississippi Baptist feeding unit, volunteers headed to New Orleans in response to Hurricane Ida destruction

IDA’S FURY — One hundred percent of homes on Louisiana’s Grand Isle were damaged and 40% destroyed by Hurricane Ida on Aug. 29, reported parish president Cynthia Lee Sheng. (Photo credit: Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Disaster Preparedness)

Mississippi Baptist feeding unit, volunteers headed to New Orleans in response to Hurricane Ida destruction

September 1, 2021

By William H. Perkins Jr.Editor JACKSON, Miss. (Special) — Kitchen One, the massive Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief (MBDR) feeding unit capable of preparing 10,000 meals…

Disaster Relief chief details early response to Hurricane Ida

BLOWING THROUGH — Signs in front of a downtown Jackson restaurant yield to the winds of Hurricane Ida Aug. 30 as a local police unit patrols the area. Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief is preparing to respond to the needs of victims of the Category Four hurricane that exited Louisiana and struck Mississippi with tropical storm force winds and rain. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Disaster Relief chief details early response to Hurricane Ida

August 31, 2021

Dean of Baptist Student Union directors in Mississippi reflects on 40 years of campus ministry

Jimmy Breland

Dean of Baptist Student Union directors in Mississippi reflects on 40 years of campus ministry

August 26, 2021

MBCB Executive Committee approves $50,000 in relief aid for Haiti, Afghanistan

FLOYD AT MBCB – Ronnie Floyd (standing), president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in Nashville, talks with Owen Hitchcock (right), pastor of West End Church, West Point, and Gary Roberson, pastor of Carrollton Church, Carrollton, before Floyd’s presentation to members of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board August 24 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

MBCB Executive Committee approves $50,000 in relief aid for Haiti, Afghanistan

August 26, 2021

WCU School of Pharmacy receives full accreditation

GETTING READY – The faculty and staff of the William Carey University School of Pharmacy pose for a group photo during a faculty/staff retreat earlier this summer as they prepared for new student orientation, the first since the pharmacy school received national accreditation. (Photo credit: WCU)

WCU School of Pharmacy receives full accreditation

August 19, 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.”