Posts published in “Mississippi”

Faith in the freeze: MSBDR volunteers bring help and hope to ice storm survivors

MSBDR volunteers have been assisting homeowners with cleanup needs at multiple sites around the state including Pontotoc. (Photo credit: Bart Lambright)

Faith in the freeze: MSBDR volunteers bring help and hope to ice storm survivors

February 5, 2026

By Lindsey WilliamsWriting Specialist Across counties from Natchez to Corinth, this year’s winter storm left a lingering and disruptive impact. Many communities remain in frigid,…

Mississippi roots fuel Florida church plant’s growing Gospel impact

Rob Jones, pastor of Redemption Church in Gulf Breeze, Fla., speaks to church leaders at a connection meeting in Hattiesburg. (Photo credit: Randy Sims, Pine Belt Baptist Association AMS)

Mississippi roots fuel Florida church plant’s growing Gospel impact

February 4, 2026

MSBDR launches statewide relief effort after devastating winter storm

MSBDR volunteers have been assisting homeowners with cleanup needs at multiple sites around the state including Pontotoc. (Photo credit: Bart Lambright)

MSBDR launches statewide relief effort after devastating winter storm

February 3, 2026

MS Disaster Relief responding to Winter Storm Fern

MS Disaster Relief responding to Winter Storm Fern

January 27, 2026

Parker presents resolution, urges students to seek God’s wisdom at MC bicentennial chapel

Shawn Parker (center), Executive Director-Treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, presents a resolution celebrating the bicentennial of Mississippi College to Blake Thompson, President of Mississippi College, and Bill Sones, Chairman of the Mississippi College Board of Trustees. (Photo credit: Emily Sherman)

Parker presents resolution, urges students to seek God’s wisdom at MC bicentennial chapel

January 24, 2026

ERLC releases practical
guide addressing artificial
reproductive technologies
NASHVILLE (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) has released a new practical guide designed to help churches navigate the topic of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) such as in vitro fertilization (IVF). The free guide, released Tuesday (Feb. 24), is titled “Desiring Children: A Practical Guide to Addressing Assisted Reproductive Technologies in the Church.” It contains a theological framework addressing the topic of ARTs from a biblical worldview and offers answers to practical scenarios that ministry leaders may face or have faced regarding the topic. The guide also contains a list of additional resources on ARTs from a variety of Christian sources. The guide was written by the ERLC research team, led by RaShan Frost, ERLC director of research and senior fellow. “The desire to have children of one’s own is a good and natural desire that recognizes the gift sons and daughters are to our families and our societies. Unfortunately, due to the fall in Genesis 3, the desire to have children is often complicated by the devastating reality of infertility,” Frost wrote in the guide’s forward.