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Loss of life mounting from Dec. 11 tornado swarm; Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief on standby for mobilization

TORNADO AFTERMATH — Debris is piled up in the parking lot of First Church, Mayfield, Ky. — including a Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief trailer (center) pre-positioned at the church -- after a massive tornado swept through the town on Dec. 11. The church building sustained significant damage. (Photo credit: Baptist Press/Morgan Bass)

Loss of life mounting from Dec. 11 tornado swarm; Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief on standby for mobilization

December 13, 2021

MAYFIELD, Ky. (BP and local reports) – At least one tornado was reported in Mississippi during the Dec. 11 super cell weather outbreak that took…

How a monster catfish provided the impetus for a Lottie Moon gift

WHALE OF A FISH — Bill Benton, member of First Church, Lyons, Ga., and his 37-pound lunker. (Photo credit: Larry Brantley)

How a monster catfish provided the impetus for a Lottie Moon gift

December 9, 2021

New churches springing up in Czechia

RISEN ANEW — Larry Lewis with Southern Baptists’ International Mission Board baptizes new believer Christian Dajbog, a 19-year-old who first heard the Gospel at an English camp outside of Prague, Czechia (also known as the Czech Republic) when he was 12 years old. (Photo credit: IMB)

New churches springing up in Czechia

December 6, 2021

Taiwanese turnaround sees burgeoning missionary numbers

GOING FORTH — In November 2020, Huayu International Missions (HIM) in Taiwan partnered with the local Baptist convention to commission the first Taiwanese missionaries from HIM. The commissioning service was held at the end of the Baptist convention, but every pastor in attendance stayed to participate in the service. The five missionaries were prayed over and encouraged by the pastors who attended. (Photo credit: IMB)

Taiwanese turnaround sees burgeoning missionary numbers

December 6, 2021

Justices hear legal arguments on Mississippi abortion law

FIGHTING THE GOOD FIGHT — Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch addresses the pro-life rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 1, the day the high court heard the state’s appeal in the case of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization regarding Mississippi’s law banning abortions after 15 weeks gestation. (Photo credit: Baptist Press)

Justices hear legal arguments on Mississippi abortion law

December 2, 2021

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.”