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Iorg presents plans to address sexual abuse, financial challenges

SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg speaks to the Executive Committee on Monday, Feb. 17., in Nashville. (Photo credit: Brandon Porter)

Iorg presents plans to address sexual abuse, financial challenges

February 18, 2025

The Baptist Paper Reflecting on how Southern Baptists are a “force for good,” Jeff Iorg — president/CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee —…

The Cooperative Program: A brief history

Under the leadership of George W. Truett, the SBC launched the "75 million campaign" to raise more funds for mission work. Here, Truett addresses messengers to the convention in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives)

The Cooperative Program: A brief history

February 17, 2025

Ukrainian WCU student relies on faith while in different cultures

Daniel Ibrahimov, a junior at William Carey University in Hattiesburg, spent his summer working with IMB missionaries in Australia. (Photo credit: IMB)

Ukrainian WCU student relies on faith while in different cultures

February 13, 2025

Ezell encourages ‘leap forward’ as NAMB trustees meet in Los Angeles

In his address to the North American Mission Board (NAMB) Board of Trustees, NAMB president Kevin Ezell shared ministry updates and expressed the urgent need to push forward with even greater strides and avoid settling for only incremental progress in taking the gospel to North America. NAMB's Board of Trustees met Feb. 3-4 in Long Beach, California. (Photo credit: NAMB)

Ezell encourages ‘leap forward’ as NAMB trustees meet in Los Angeles

February 11, 2025

‘Together for the Nations’ connects MS churches with missionaries

A panel of pastors and mission leaders speak during the Together for the Nations event held at First Church, Madison, on Feb. 1. From left to right: Mike Lazenby, Nathan Taylor, Lowell Walker, Anthony Britt, Chad McCord, and Kenzie Flippo. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

‘Together for the Nations’ connects MS churches with missionaries

February 10, 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.”