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FIRST-PERSON: From the Mississippi to the nations – On 100 years of the SBC Cooperative Program

Dozens of pastors, SBC officers, state Baptist convention leaders, SBC ethnic leaders and others gathered in Memphis on May 13 to commemorate Southern Baptists' adoption of the Cooperative Program 100 years ago. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

FIRST-PERSON: From the Mississippi to the nations – On 100 years of the SBC Cooperative Program

May 21, 2025

By Tony Wolfe Executive Director-TreasurerSouth Carolina Baptist Convention Four thousand and one Southern Baptists from across the States entered the newly constructed Ellis Auditorium Wednesday,…

Rankin to join new ministry Anchored International

IMB president emeritus Jerry Rankin (third from left) has been active in a variety of activities since retiring from full-time missions service, such as in this 2022 ribbon cutting at the dedication of the Rankin Mission Center on the campus of Mississippi College. (Photo credit: Mississippi College)

Rankin to join new ministry Anchored International

May 20, 2025

Celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program ‘moments,’ opportunity for ‘sacred effort’

Dozens of pastors, SBC officers, state Baptist convention leaders, SBC ethnic leaders and others gathered to commemorate Southern Baptists' adoption of the Cooperative Program 100 years ago in Memphis. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Celebrating 100 years of Cooperative Program ‘moments,’ opportunity for ‘sacred effort’

May 15, 2025

‘A Faith Under Siege’ documents Russia’s persecution of Christians in Ukraine

‘A Faith Under Siege’ documents Russia’s persecution of Christians in Ukraine

May 7, 2025

New report reveals ‘significant decline in Christian affiliation, rise in non-Christian faiths’

New report reveals ‘significant decline in Christian affiliation, rise in non-Christian faiths’

May 6, 2025

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.”