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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

PONTOTOC, Miss. (BP and local reports) – Going back at least a quarter-century, First Church, Pontotoc, has called on its people to deliver a Thanksgiving…

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