Posts published in “Mississippi”

Blue Mountain College institutes name change, school of nursing

November 7, 2022

BLUE MOUNTAIN, Miss. – Trustees voted Oct. 4 to begin the transition of renaming Baptist-affiliated Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain to Blue Mountain Christian…

Mississippi church commits to ‘more thorough response’ for 1980s abuse case

Mississippi church commits to ‘more thorough response’ for 1980s abuse case

November 2, 2022

Messengers pass 2023 Cooperative Program budget increase

BIVO OF THE YEAR – Richie Hatcher (right), pastor of Palmer Church, Ripley, is recognized as the Mississippi Baptist Bivocational Pastor of the Year by John Pace, director of leadership at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, during the fourth and final session of the 2022 Mississippi Baptist Convention Annual Meeting Oct. 26 at First Church, Jackson. Hatcher, a graduate of Baptist-affiliated Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, has been a history teacher at Ripley High School for 17 years. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Messengers pass 2023 Cooperative Program budget increase

October 27, 2022

New MBCB logo presented to messengers at 186th annual meeting

NEW LOGO – Shawn Parker, executive director-treasurer of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB), introduces the new MBCB logo to messengers attending the Oct. 25 evening session of the 2022 Mississippi Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at First Church, Jackson. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

New MBCB logo presented to messengers at 186th annual meeting

October 27, 2022

Hurt, Hanberry to serve as MBC vice-presidents

KING HONORED — Keith Grubbs (left), pastor of Park Place Church, Pearl, and chairman of the Mississippi Baptist Education Commission, commends retired William Carey University President Tommy King (second from left) during the Oct. 25 afternoon session of the 2022 Mississippi Baptist Convention Annual Meeting at First Church, Jackson. King, who has been associated with the university for more than 50 years beginning with his days as a student on the Hattiesburg campus, was joined in the recognition by his wife Sandra (second from right) and Ben Burnett, who succeeded King as WCU president. King received a standing ovation from messengers. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Hurt, Hanberry to serve as MBC vice-presidents

October 26, 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.”