Posts published in “Mississippi”

June Storm System Presents Opportunities for MS Baptist Disaster Relief

CLEARING DAMAGE — Gavin Jordan (tractor) and John Woods (roof), members of the disaster relief team from Carterville Church, Petal, work on a storm-damaged home in Louin in Jasper County on June 24. (Photo credit: MBDR)

June Storm System Presents Opportunities for MS Baptist Disaster Relief

June 29, 2023

By Hubert YatesCorrespondent Summer usually means the weather in Mississippi is hot and dry with the occasional thunderstorm that brings relief from the heat, but…

GUEST OPINION: Just the beginning of the end

ABORTING NO LONGER – The focus of the Mississippi case before the U.S. Supreme Court that sent abortion law decisions to each individual state in June of last year, the Jackson Women’s Health Organization on North State Street in Jackson closed up shop after the decision and moved to New Mexico to operate under looser restrictions on the deadly procedure. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

GUEST OPINION: Just the beginning of the end

June 29, 2023

First Church, Fannin, marks 175th anniversary

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION — Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (second from left) and his father Terry Reeves (second from right), a member of First Church, Fannin, attended the church’s 175th anniversary celebration in May. Joining the Reeves were church historian Lynda Richardson (left) and church member Joni McLain.

First Church, Fannin, marks 175th anniversary

June 27, 2023

All-State Youth Choir, Orchestra perform across the state

IN CONCERT — Slater Murphy, worship ministries director at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, leads the 2023 Mississippi Baptist All-State Youth Choir and Orchestra. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

All-State Youth Choir, Orchestra perform across the state

June 23, 2023

Mississippians gather at SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans

Mississippians gather at SBC Annual Meeting in New Orleans

June 14, 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.”