Posts published in “Mississippi”

Impact training is back in 2023

Impact training is back in 2023

July 6, 2023

Impact provides training for pastors, church staff, and volunteer leaders of adults, youth, children, and preschool. The theme of this year’s training, Calling Out the Called,…

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

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

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.