Posts published in “Mississippi”

Former Angola inmate Hyde, a new man in Christ, takes on Parchman ministry

WASHED CLEAN IN THE BLOOD – Robert Hyde, a former inmate at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, found Christ while serving a manslaughter sentence and is now leading prisoners at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman to the salvation he experienced in Jesus. (Photo credit: Tony Martin)

Former Angola inmate Hyde, a new man in Christ, takes on Parchman ministry

August 31, 2023

Parchman, Miss. (Special) — Convicted killer Robert Hyde was granted parole from the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola in March 2022, and his miracle of…

‘Launch’ equips Mississippi Baptist students for evangelism

LAUNCHING INTO EVANGELSIM – Students in grades six through 12 gather August 11 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton for Launch, a retreat sponsored by the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) and designed to “motivate students to make sharing the Gospel a natural overflow of their faith and to equip them to do so,” according to Ken Hall, student ministry consultant in the MBCB Discipleship/Sunday School Department. (Photo credit: Reid Stevens)

‘Launch’ equips Mississippi Baptist students for evangelism

August 31, 2023

MAGNOLIA MINDS: A well-deserved welcome to Heaven

MISSISSIPPI BAPTIST HERITAGE – Ruby Husbands Arehart proudly displays a portrait of her ancestor Richard Curtis Jr., the first Baptist preacher in the Mississippi territory of that day. She went to be with the Lord on August 23.

MAGNOLIA MINDS: A well-deserved welcome to Heaven

August 30, 2023

New prayer room dedicated at the Baptist Building in Jackson

PRAYER ROOM DEDICATED – Rick Blythe (standing at right), stewardship/prayer ministry director for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, speaks at the August 23 dedication of the new prayer room at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board in downtown Jackson. (Photo credit: Bart Lambright)

New prayer room dedicated at the Baptist Building in Jackson

August 30, 2023

BSUs across Mississippi revving up for new school year

WARM WELCOME – Members of the Baptist Student Union (BSU) in the Grove at the center of the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford brave record high temperatures to hand out cold treats to returning students. BSUs across Mississippi planned welcome activities as students prepare for the fall semester. (Photo credit: Mo Baker)

BSUs across Mississippi revving up for new school year

August 25, 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.”