Posts published in “Mississippi”

Single mom turns tragedy into triumph with education, ministry

Single mom turns tragedy into triumph with education, ministry

September 22, 2023

By Tony MartinAssociate Editor O’Shea Lowery’s life was forever changed on April 27, 1990. “When the sun came up that morning, I never imagined the…

Miss. pastor unveils 2023-2024 SBC Executive Committee budget

BUDGET PRESENTATION – Adam Wyatt, convention finances and stewardship development chair for the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee and pastor of Bethel Church, Monticello, takes questions during his presentation of the proposed 2023-2024 Executive Committee budget during trustees’ fall meeting last week in Nashville. (Photo credit: Van Payne)

Miss. pastor unveils 2023-2024 SBC Executive Committee budget

September 20, 2023

Ridgeland church sees advantages of seminary training

EQUIPPING LEADERS – Staff members of Colonial Heights Church, Ridgeland, who lead the Equip Network include (from left) Mike Gladney, elder; Jerry Welch, family discipleship pastor; Chad Hunsberger, lead pastor; and Kiley Ham, global discipleship pastor. (Photo credit: Colonial Heights Church)

Ridgeland church sees advantages of seminary training

September 20, 2023

Impact Training focuses on ‘Calling Out the Called’

TRAINING FOR IMPACT -- Jamie Dew (at podium), president of New Orleans Seminary, shares the keynote address at the August 24 Impact Training session at Roseland Park Church, Picayune. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Impact Training focuses on ‘Calling Out the Called’

September 12, 2023

Mississippi Baptist vols join Hurricane Idalia response effort

Mississippi Baptist vols join Hurricane Idalia response effort

September 8, 2023

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.”