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Christmas in the Delta: 350 Mississippi BSU students ‘serve in their own backyard’

Mississippi BSU students build a wheelchair ramp in the rain during Christmas in the Delta. (Photo credit: Sam Ivy)

Christmas in the Delta: 350 Mississippi BSU students ‘serve in their own backyard’

December 26, 2024

By Lindsey WilliamsWriting Specialist Over 350 Baptist Student Union (BSU) students from 18 different college campuses across Mississippi engaged with over 40 mission partners and…

‘Nights of Nativities’ illuminates God’s gift of salvation for all nations, tribes, tongues

‘Nights of Nativities’ illuminates God’s gift of salvation for all nations, tribes, tongues

December 23, 2024

It takes a special kind of secretary to keep a church family together for 62 years

McMillan (Photo credit: Kim Henderson)

It takes a special kind of secretary to keep a church family together for 62 years

December 20, 2024

Liberty Church float wins Christmas Parade title

Liberty Church, New Albany, won first place in the New Albany-Union County Christmas Parade with their float "Faithful Through the Ages." (Photo credit: J. Lynn West)

Liberty Church float wins Christmas Parade title

December 13, 2024

IMB to host mission partnership event in Madison

IMB to host mission partnership event in Madison

December 10, 2024

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.”