Posts published in “Mississippi”

2024 Ministry Assistants Conference makes spirits bright with a springtime Christmas

Seventy ministry assistants attended the Ministry Assistants Conference & Training from March 18-19 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

2024 Ministry Assistants Conference makes spirits bright with a springtime Christmas

April 1, 2024

By Lindsey WilliamsWriting Specialist At Garaywa Camp and Conference Center, the 2024 Ministry Assistants Conference & Training took place March 18-19 with a surprising theme:…

Choctaw Retreat offers safe space for youth and families to find hope

Teenagers gather together for the second annual Choctaw Youth Retreat from March 8-10 in Biloxi. (Photos credit: Matthew Gaddy)

Choctaw Retreat offers safe space for youth and families to find hope

March 25, 2024

Anniversary of Disaster: Rolling Fork Rising offers homes, hope, and holistic help to impoverished families

First Rolling Fork invites the community to celebrate Christ's resurrection on the Easter following the tornado of March 24, 2023 (Photo Credit: Tony Martin)

Anniversary of Disaster: Rolling Fork Rising offers homes, hope, and holistic help to impoverished families

March 22, 2024

KidMin Toolbin equips leaders to build strong kids ministry

Caroline Lindsey leads a breakout session during KidMin Toolbin at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton.

KidMin Toolbin equips leaders to build strong kids ministry

March 22, 2024

Nominees sought for Miss. Baptist Convention posts

Nominees sought for Miss. Baptist Convention posts

March 19, 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.”