Posts published in “Mississippi”

Eubank to helm Sexual Abuse Task Force for Miss. Baptists

September 28, 2022

By Tony MartinAssociate Editor Brad Eubank, senior pastor of First Church, Petal, recently agreed to serve as chairman of the newly-formed Sexual Abuse Task Force…

Jackson water crisis subsides; Ian lumbers toward Florida

CASE BY CASE — Hubert Yates (center), disaster relief director for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, processes cases of bottled water unloaded from a tractor-trailer rig by Charles Barron (left), member of Mt. Zion Church, Florence, as Dennis Lofton, member of West Carthage Church, Carthage, assists. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Jackson water crisis subsides; Ian lumbers toward Florida

September 26, 2022

GUEST OPINION: Cooperative Program possibilities are endless

GUEST OPINION: Cooperative Program possibilities are endless

September 22, 2022

Miss. Baptists continue delivering water to those in need

WATER CRISIS RESPONSE — Hubert Yates, disaster relief director for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, lines up volunteers for emergency water distribution from the temporary warehouse location for Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief operations pertaining to the Jackson water crisis. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Miss. Baptists continue delivering water to those in need

September 21, 2022

GUEST OPINION: If not the Cooperative Program, then what?

GUEST OPINION: If not the Cooperative Program, then what?

September 9, 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.”