Posts published in “Mississippi”

Ivy chosen to lead Miss. Baptists’ Collegiate Ministries

BOARD MEETS – Members of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) gather December 6 in the Bill Causey Missions Center at Central Hills Retreat in Attala County. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Ivy chosen to lead Miss. Baptists’ Collegiate Ministries

December 13, 2022

By William PerkinsEditor Sam Ivy, Baptist Student Union (BSU) director at the Mississippi University for Women (MUW) in Columbus and East Mississippi Community College (EMCC)…

Jerry Rankin Mission Center opens at Mississippi College

MISSION CENTER – Jerry Rankin (second from right), president emeritus of Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board, cuts the ceremonial ribbon Oct. 28 at the dedication ceremony for the Jerry Rankin Mission Center in the newly-renovated Baptist Student Union (BSU) House on the Mississippi College (MC) Clinton campus. Looking on are (from left) Mandy Phillips, MC BSU director; MC President Blake Thompson, and Kayla McNair, MC BSU president. (Submitted photograph)

Jerry Rankin Mission Center opens at Mississippi College

December 9, 2022

Respect for Marriage bill clears Congress; most of Mississippi delegation votes ‘no’ to making same sex marriage a federal law

Respect for Marriage bill clears Congress; most of Mississippi delegation votes ‘no’ to making same sex marriage a federal law

November 30, 2022

Miss. Baptist Disaster Relief tracking severe weather

Miss. Baptist Disaster Relief tracking severe weather

November 28, 2022

Miss. Baptists hold Christ high at Fairgrounds events

SHARING FAITH – Don Lum (front, center), director of evangelism at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB), leads volunteers from Mississippi Baptist churches in witnessing at the Mississippi State Fair in October. The MBCB evangelism tent is also utilized for sharing the Gospel at the Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo in February of each year. (Photo credit: Tony Martin)

Miss. Baptists hold Christ high at Fairgrounds events

November 17, 2022

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.”