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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…

SBC Church Compensation Study survey underway

SBC Church Compensation Study survey underway

April 1, 2022

How Zadie came to be a Lottie Moon hero

Zadie Pannell

How Zadie came to be a Lottie Moon hero

March 24, 2022

Ukraine Baptist seminary opens doors to refugees as war rages

WAR’S COST — As many as 400 refugees per day fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have arrived at Ukraine Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, seeking help as their country and their homes are attacked. (Photo credit: BP screen capture from Vimeo)

Ukraine Baptist seminary opens doors to refugees as war rages

March 16, 2022

Refugees fleeing Ukraine find haven with Polish Baptists

FORCED OUT — Paul Chitwood (left), president of Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board, talks with a Ukranian refugee at the border crossing into Poland about her tragic journey out of her homeland to safety. (Photo credit: IMB)

Refugees fleeing Ukraine find haven with Polish Baptists

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.”