- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 August 5, 2022

Soul City Church: ‘We’re going to raise a generation’

POOL MINISTRY – Soul City Church in midtown Jackson recently reopened an abandoned city swimming pool to the neighborhood surrounding the church. The four-year-old church plant is using unorthodox ministries like the pool to reach people with the Gospel. (Photo credit: Johnny Ervin)

Soul City Church: ‘We’re going to raise a generation’

August 5, 2022

By William PerkinsEditor After months of work, Soul City Church in the heart of midtown Jackson has reopened an abandoned city swimming pool as a…

At Back Bay Church, military families prepped for missions

GODSPEED — Adam Bennett (left), pastor of Back Bay Church in Ocean Springs, and church member Megan Brown (right), pray for a military family that will soon be deploying to an undisclosed location. The church has developed a special ministry to equip military families to share the Gospel in the communities around the world where they will be stationed. (Photo credit: Back Bay Church)

At Back Bay Church, military families prepped for missions

August 4, 2022

Explore the Bible: August 7

August 4, 2022

Bible Studies for Life: August 7

August 4, 2022

LETTER: Prayer guide available for unreached people groups

LETTER: Prayer guide available for unreached people groups

August 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