Posts published in “Mississippi”

Significant changes to the Mississippi Baptist Convention meeting October 28-29

Broadmoor Church, Madison (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Significant changes to the Mississippi Baptist Convention meeting October 28-29

August 13, 2025

Tony MartinEditor Several changes can be anticipated to this year’s Mississippi Baptist Convention. The most significant is the location change from First Church, Jackson, to…

New Collegiate Ministries Consultant Phillips shares journey of ministry calling

Mandy Phillips with husband, Josh, and their two children. (Photo credit: Mandy Phillips)

New Collegiate Ministries Consultant Phillips shares journey of ministry calling

August 12, 2025

Authentic community engagement highlighted at Literacy Missions/CJC conference

Michelle Barnes, Joyce Wilson, and Trish MacDonald, volunteers from Handsboro Church, Gulfport, participated in the State Literacy Missions and Christian Women’s/Men’s Job Corps Conference held July 24-26 at Garaywa Camp & Conference Center in Clinton. (Photo credit: Megan Young)

Authentic community engagement highlighted at Literacy Missions/CJC conference

August 12, 2025

‘A wonderful, but imperfect people’: Mississippi Baptist history detailed in new book

‘A wonderful, but imperfect people’: Mississippi Baptist history detailed in new book

August 8, 2025

Wrestling with purpose: Faith-based fundraiser powers Taylorsville School

First Church, Taylorsville, hosted the Lost art of Wrestling on July 29 in support of the First Baptist Church of Taylorsville Christian School. (Photo credit: Tony Martin)

Wrestling with purpose: Faith-based fundraiser powers Taylorsville School

August 6, 2025

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.”