Posts published in “Mississippi”

Leaders from Jasper Baptist churches gathered to pray and dedicate a new 50 foot cross at the Jasper Baptist Building on July 14. (Photo credit: Andrew Hicks)

Jasper Association dedicates cross

July 25, 2024

By Don HicksAssociational Missions Strategist If you were listening as you drove down Highway 15 through Bay Springs on Sunday afternoon, July 14, you might…

Super Summer ‘brings out the best in everybody’

Mississippi Super Summer brought together 1,084 eighth through 12th grade students to the campus of Mississippi College for a week of discipleship July 8-12. (Photo credit: Brandon Allen)

Super Summer ‘brings out the best in everybody’

July 17, 2024

First Church, Tupelo, experiences the SBC firsthand

First Church, Tupelo, took a group of messengers and family to the Southern Baptist Convention in Indianapolis June 9 – 12. Shown are the participants along with Shawn Parker (center), Executive Director-Treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board.

First Church, Tupelo, experiences the SBC firsthand

July 16, 2024

Broadmoor Church, Madison, addresses allegations of past sexual abuse

(Photo credit: broadmoor.org)

Broadmoor Church, Madison, addresses allegations of past sexual abuse

July 15, 2024

Christian Leadership Institute develops young leaders of tomorrow

The Christian Leadership Institute (CLI) welcomed 48 students July 8-12 to the campus of Blue Mountain Christian University for a week of intensive leadership training.

Christian Leadership Institute develops young leaders of tomorrow

July 12, 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.”