Posts published in “Mississippi”

Mississippi Baptist vols join Hurricane Idalia response effort

Mississippi Baptist vols join Hurricane Idalia response effort

September 8, 2023

JACKSON, Miss. (Special) – Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief (MBDR) is mobilizing the first volunteers in response to Hurricane Idalia that struck Florida August 29 and…

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

‘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

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.