Posts published in “Mississippi”

Sweatt elected to second term as MBC president

CALL TO ORDER – Mississippi Baptist Convention (MBC) President Lloyd Sweatt, pastor of Meadowood Church, Amory, opens the first session of the 2022 MBC Annual Meeting on Oct. 25 at First Church, Jackson, with a rap of the ceremonial gavel. During the session, Sweatt was reelected without opposition to a second term as president. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Sweatt elected to second term as MBC president

October 25, 2022

By William PerkinsEditor Lloyd Sweatt, pastor of Meadowood Church, Amory, was reelected without opposition to a second term as president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention…

Burnett takes reins as William Carey University president

NEW PRESIDENT — Marshall Burnett (left), father of newly-inaugurated William Carey University President Ben Burnett (right) stands with his son during the younger Burnett’s Oct. 10 inaugural ceremony on the Hattiesburg campus of the Baptist-affiliated school. (Photo credit: Jennifer Carney)

Burnett takes reins as William Carey University president

October 20, 2022

186th Mississippi Baptist Convention Schedule

186th Mississippi Baptist Convention Schedule

October 18, 2022

Study aid from Logos, MBCB now available for bivo pastors

Study aid from Logos, MBCB now available for bivo pastors

October 13, 2022

Leland Speed Scholarship at MC to cover full tuition

LELAND SPEED SCHOLARSHIP — Blake Thompson (left), president of Mississippi College in Clinton, announces the full-tuition scholarship program named in honor of Leland R. Speed, longtime supporter of the Baptist-affiliated university in Clinton. Joining Thompson for the Oct. 10 announcement on the Clinton campus were Speed’s widow Bessie (second from left), along with her son Warren (right) and his wife Marla (second from right). (Photo credit: Mississippi College)

Leland Speed Scholarship at MC to cover full tuition

October 11, 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.”