Posts published in “Mississippi”

IMPACT gets high marks from planners, participants

MAKING AN IMPACT — Louis Zinc (standing), student pastor at First Church, Oxford, leads discussion on the topic of youth and salvation during the Aug. 25 IMPACT Training session at Calvary Church, Tupelo. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

IMPACT gets high marks from planners, participants

October 10, 2022

By Tony MartinAssociate Editor A total of more than 700 participants representing 155 churches attended the six IMPACT Training sessions in August and September, sponsored…

Deaf conference confronts ministry needs, interpreter shortage

PRAISING THE LORD – More than 140 Deaf Christians gathered Sept. 23-24 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton for the 2022 Mississippi Baptist Conference of the Deaf annual meeting. (Photo credit: Vickie Stuart)

Deaf conference confronts ministry needs, interpreter shortage

October 10, 2022

Miss. Baptist volunteers mobilizing, heading to Florida

HURRICANE IAN — Remnants of Hurricane Ian move across the eastern U.S., as of the morning of Oct. 4. (Satellite imagery credit: NOAA)

Miss. Baptist volunteers mobilizing, heading to Florida

October 5, 2022

Associational Mission Strategists reflect on importance of Cooperative Program

Associational Mission Strategists reflect on importance of Cooperative Program

September 29, 2022

Task Force assembled to assist churches in combatting sexual abuse

Sexual Abuse Task Force

Task Force assembled to assist churches in combatting sexual abuse

September 28, 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.”