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Mississippi Baptists encouraged by convention fellowship

Sam Ivy (left), Mississippi Baptist Convention Board director of collegiate ministries, greets fellow Mississippi Baptists at the Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Mississippi Baptists encouraged by convention fellowship

June 10, 2025

By Tony MartinEditor Mississippi Baptists love a fellowship. In that spirit, Mississippi Baptists attending the 167th Southern Baptist Convention in Dallas enjoyed participating in the…

MS bivo pastor Poe recognized at 2025 SBC Pastors’ Conference

Bivocational pastor Jonathan Poe (center) is joined by Mississippi Baptist Convention Board executive director-treasurer Shawn Parker (third from left) onstage for a time of recognition and prayer during the 2025 SBC Pastors' Conference in Dallas on June 9. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

MS bivo pastor Poe recognized at 2025 SBC Pastors’ Conference

June 10, 2025

Prather retires from 50 years of ministry and Christian education

Prather retires from 50 years of ministry and Christian education

June 6, 2025

Volunteers the heartbeat of disaster relief ministry

An MSBDR volunteer responds after a tornado struck Tylertown in March. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Volunteers the heartbeat of disaster relief ministry

May 30, 2025

Faith, funerals and foxhounds: How one bivocational pastor ministers in times of grief

Rusty Walton is a bivocational pastor who also helps run a funeral home while raising cattle and competition foxhounds. (Photo credit: Facebook/Rusty Walton)

Faith, funerals and foxhounds: How one bivocational pastor ministers in times of grief

May 29, 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.”