- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 September 9, 2022

GUEST OPINION: If not the Cooperative Program, then what?

GUEST OPINION: If not the Cooperative Program, then what?

September 9, 2022

By Rick BlytheCorrespondent Editor’s Note: October 2 is Cooperative Program Sunday across the Southern Baptist Convention. Watching a pine tree sway violently back and forth…

Water distribution by Miss. Baptists in full swing

PRECIOUS WATER — Volunteers load bottled water for a Jackson resident August 31 at the Walmart Supercenter on Highway 18 in Jackson. Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief and the churches of Metro Association in the Jackson area are mobilizing to join the effort to provide drinking water to Jackson residents affected by the collapse of the municipal water system. (Photo credit: Tony Martin)

Water distribution by Miss. Baptists in full swing

September 7, 2022

Explore the Bible: September 11

September 7, 2022

Bible Studies for Life: September 11

September 7, 2022

FIRST PERSON: What BSU means to me

University of Southern Mississippi BSU

FIRST PERSON: What BSU means to me

September 2, 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