Posts published in “Mississippi”

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

By Hubert YatesMS Disaster Relief Director On Sunday, June 1, across the churches of the Southern Baptist Convention, the 40,000+ men and women of Southern…

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

Mississippi Baptist pastors deepen global mission engagement during IMB headquarters visit

Mississippi Baptist pastors deepen global mission engagement during IMB headquarters visit

May 28, 2025

MS church reaches community with finance coaching group

MS church reaches community with finance coaching group

May 27, 2025

Rankin to join new ministry Anchored International

IMB president emeritus Jerry Rankin (third from left) has been active in a variety of activities since retiring from full-time missions service, such as in this 2022 ribbon cutting at the dedication of the Rankin Mission Center on the campus of Mississippi College. (Photo credit: Mississippi College)

Rankin to join new ministry Anchored International

May 20, 2025

Messengers celebrate 100 years
of Cooperative Program giving
DALLAS (BP) — During the June 10 afternoon session of the SBC annual meeting in Dallas, SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg led messengers in celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program giving. Referencing Joshua 4, he shared the story of God instructing His people to gather 12 commemorative stones from the Jordan River and to create a memorial to the miracle of God, who stopped the river so the Israelites could cross on dry ground. The memorial had two purposes, Iorg said. First, it was a reminder in verses 6-9 to celebrate a historic event when the river stopped flowing, and they walked on dry ground. Second, in verses 6-7, it was an object lesson for future generations. In a similar way, throughout this convention, Southern Baptists are erecting memorial stones of 100 years of cooperation demonstrated through the Cooperative Program, Iorg said. “We point to missionaries sent, churches started, students educated, institutions built and most of all, people saved because Southern Baptists have contributed more than $20 billion through the Cooperative Program in the past 100 years.”