Posts published in “Mississippi”

Mississippi Baptists prepare for fall ministry with 2025 IMPACT trainings

Participants check in at an IMPACT Training held Aug. 20, 2004, at Hardy Street Church, Hattiesburg. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Mississippi Baptists prepare for fall ministry with 2025 IMPACT trainings

July 10, 2025

JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi Baptists are gearing up for fall ministry with the fourth annual IMPACT Training series, scheduled to take place at five locations across…

HeartSong camp equips next generation of worship leaders

Students participating in HeartSong rehearse for their worship presentation the last day of camp. The photo, from the Mississippi Baptist Worship Facebook page, was part of a project coming from the Social Media in Ministry class.

HeartSong camp equips next generation of worship leaders

July 8, 2025

Resistance to revival: South Dakota pastor becomes an unlikely church planter

Jeff Mueller, pastor of Restore Church in Yankton, S.D., speaks to a group of Mississippi Baptist pastors on a Vision Journey to the Dakotas in 2023. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Resistance to revival: South Dakota pastor becomes an unlikely church planter

July 1, 2025

All-State Youth Choir and Orchestra cultivates worshipful hearts, lifelong friendships

Kris Smith, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board director of worship ministries, leads the MBASYCO during a concert at LaBelle Haven Church in Olive Branch on June 13. (Photo credit: Matthew Gaddy)

All-State Youth Choir and Orchestra cultivates worshipful hearts, lifelong friendships

June 25, 2025

‘You’re bringing the church to us’: Delta church ministers through free clothes shop

Lord of Glory Church does a clothing giveaway in the community. (Photo credit: Wilson Ramsey)

‘You’re bringing the church to us’: Delta church ministers through free clothes shop

June 23, 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.”