- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 November 17, 2022

Miss. Baptists hold Christ high at Fairgrounds events

SHARING FAITH – Don Lum (front, center), director of evangelism at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB), leads volunteers from Mississippi Baptist churches in witnessing at the Mississippi State Fair in October. The MBCB evangelism tent is also utilized for sharing the Gospel at the Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo in February of each year. (Photo credit: Tony Martin)

Miss. Baptists hold Christ high at Fairgrounds events

November 17, 2022

By Tony MartinAssociate Editor Mississippi Baptists are becoming a fixture at the Mississippi State Fairgrounds in Jackson, witnessing to participants and attendees at the Dixie…

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Barna report highlights
openness to faith among
Americans who reject God
A surprising openness to faith among Americans who currently reject God has been shared in a new report from George Barna, director of research at the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University. The American Worldview Inventory 2025, titled “Millions Admit They Could Be Persuaded That God Exists — Under the Right Conditions,” finds that one-third of doubters are “completely open” to belief if approached with a credible, personal explanation, Barna shared in a released statement. An additional 38% “might be open” — totaling over 50 million spiritually restless Americans. Shockingly, 40% of those who reject God still identify as Christians, the report said. Many attend church or read the Bible, Barna noted, yet deny the God they engage with. Most rejections of spiritual authority, he said, occur before age 22, highlighting the critical role of early worldview development. — The Baptist Paper