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Meridian Serve Tour effort benefits local ministries

SERVE TOUR MERDIAN — Volunteers with the SEND Relief Serve Tour in Meridian on March 18-19 gather for a group shot while working to convert a vacant church property into Queen City Missions with bunk beds, washer and dryer, RV hookups, and other refurbishments. (Photo credit: NAMB)

Meridian Serve Tour effort benefits local ministries

April 5, 2022

By William PerkinsEditor Southern Baptists’ Serve Tour stop in Meridian on March 18-19 was a major success, with 40 churches from five states sending more…

Severe weather forecast for Wednesday church services time frame

Severe weather forecast for Wednesday church services time frame

March 30, 2022

How Zadie came to be a Lottie Moon hero

Zadie Pannell

How Zadie came to be a Lottie Moon hero

March 24, 2022

Church Safety for Minors Workshop

Church Safety for Minors Workshop

March 18, 2022

Discern equips students for lifetime ministry decisions

DISCERNING GOD'S CALL — Jason Morrow (at left with laptop) of First Church, Columbus, leads a group of students during a session of the Discern conference Feb. 25-26 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton. (Photo credit: Ken Hall)

Discern equips students for lifetime ministry decisions

March 8, 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.”