- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 September 28, 2022

Task Force assembled to assist churches in combatting sexual abuse

Task Force assembled to assist churches in combatting sexual abuse

September 28, 2022

By William PerkinsEditor Mississippi Baptist Convention President Lloyd Sweatt has appointed a Sexual Abuse Task Force (SATF) and charged members with providing “recommendations, guidelines, and/or…

Eubank to helm Sexual Abuse Task Force for Miss. Baptists

September 28, 2022

MBDR preps for Hurricane Ian response

MBDR preps for Hurricane Ian response

September 28, 2022

Jackson water crisis subsides; Ian lumbers toward Florida

CASE BY CASE — Hubert Yates (center), disaster relief director for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, processes cases of bottled water unloaded from a tractor-trailer rig by Charles Barron (left), member of Mt. Zion Church, Florence, as Dennis Lofton, member of West Carthage Church, Carthage, assists. (Photo credit: William Perkins)

Jackson water crisis subsides; Ian lumbers toward Florida

September 26, 2022

Youth pastor shortage leaves churches scrambling to fill key role

Youth pastor shortage leaves churches scrambling to fill key role

September 23, 2022

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