Posts published in “Mississippi”

Pay attention to God’s ‘warning lights,’ Orr urges in opening session of 2024 SBC Pastors Conference

Bartholomew Orr, pastor of Brown Missionary Baptist Church, Southaven, delivers a sermon during the first session of the 2024 SBC Pastors Conference on June 9 in Indianapolis. (Photo Credit: The Baptist Paper)

Pay attention to God’s ‘warning lights,’ Orr urges in opening session of 2024 SBC Pastors Conference

June 10, 2024

Carrie Brown McWhorterThe Baptist Paper Speaking on the theme “Faithful in Our Calling,” Bartholomew Orr opened the first session of the 2024 Southern Baptist Convention Pastors…

‘One of our best’: Vandiver retires from BSU ministry after 40 years

Wayne Vandiver (center) accepts a plaque for his forty years of BSU service from Sam Ivy, director of Collegiate Ministries at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, on June 1. Joining Vandiver is his wife, Connie. (Photo credit: Ed Earnest)

‘One of our best’: Vandiver retires from BSU ministry after 40 years

June 5, 2024

Peach Creek celebrates 175th anniversary

Jim Ray (right), representing the Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission, presents an anniversary certificate to Peach Creek Church pastor Tracy Reed.

Peach Creek celebrates 175th anniversary

May 31, 2024

Mississippi Worship and Media Conference slated for July 25

Mississippi Worship and Media Conference slated for July 25

May 29, 2024

‘Don’t wait to get help’: How churches can care for their ministers’ mental health

‘Don’t wait to get help’: How churches can care for their ministers’ mental health

May 28, 2024

Barna report highlights
openness to faith among
Americans who reject God
A surprising openness to faith among Americans who currently reject God has been shared in a new report from George Barna, director of research at the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. The American Worldview Inventory 2025, titled “Millions Admit They Could Be Persuaded That God Exists — Under the Right Conditions,” finds that one-third of doubters are “completely open” to belief if approached with a credible, personal explanation, Barna shared in a released statement. An additional 38% “might be open” — totaling over 50 million spiritually restless Americans. Shockingly, 40% of those who reject God still identify as Christians, the report said. Many attend church or read the Bible, Barna noted, yet deny the God they engage with. Most rejections of spiritual authority, he said, occur before age 22, highlighting the critical role of early worldview development. — The Baptist Paper