- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 June 10, 2022

Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief completes Ukraine Refugee Ministry in Gdansk, Poland

A BREAK FROM CRISIS — Barri Shirley (left), chief operating officer for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board and member of First Church, Madison, entertains a Ukrainian refugee child at a shelter in Gdansk, Poland, who was forced to flee the Russian invasion of her home country. Shirley served as the team leader for the March 27-April 4 mission trip. (Photo credit: Junior Davis)

Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief completes Ukraine Refugee Ministry in Gdansk, Poland

June 10, 2022

By Hubert YatesCorrespondent May 30th, 2022 brought to completion the joint SEND Relief/Southern Baptist Disaster Relief Refugee Ministry project at First Baptist Church, Gdansk, Poland. …

FIRST PERSON: Reaching the unreached

Student summer missionaries are commissioned during a service April 19 at the Mississippi State BSU. (Photo credit: Mississippi State BSU)

FIRST PERSON: Reaching the unreached

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Senior adults challenged to ‘Go and Make’

Jim Taylor, pastor of First Church, Magee, speaks at the Senior Adult Day Retreat.

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Jeff Dalrymple to lead
ongoing Southern Baptist
sexual abuse response
NASHVILLE (BP) — Jeff Dalrymple has been named to lead the office within the SBC Executive Committee dedicated to Southern Baptists’ long-term efforts in Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response, according to a statement from EC President and CEO Jeff Iorg. Dalrymple, 49, begins his role immediately. He will be formally introduced at the SBC Executive Committee’s Feb. 17-18 meeting. At that time, Iorg said, several sexual abuse prevention and response initiatives will be announced in order for those to be in place by the time of the 2025 SBC Annual Meeting in June. Dalrymple, of Jacksonville, Fla., comes to the Executive Committee after serving as executive director of the Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention (ECAP), which works to set national standards to protect vulnerable groups. He also is owner and president of The Hospitality Project LLC, a leadership consulting firm. The Sexual Abuse Prevention and Response department will be funded in its initial stages by approximately $1.8 million remaining from the $3 million gift by Send Relief in June 2022 toward the SBC’s sexual abuse response.