- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 June 16, 2022

Bible Studies for Life: June 19

June 16, 2022

Indwelt by the Spirit • Romans 8:9-17 By Clay Anthony It is almost muscadine time. If you know what that means you are my kind…

Chayasirisobhon elected SBC first vice president in narrow margin over Mississippi pastor Eubank

Chayasirisobhon elected SBC first vice president in narrow margin over Mississippi pastor Eubank

June 15, 2022

Mississippi Baptist colleges represented at SBC annual meeting

Corporal Ratadio from the Orange County Sheriff's Department visited the Mississippi College booth at the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim, Cal., accompanied by his bomb-sniffing dog. Shown are Angie Hardin, Evan Lenow, Michael Wright, Kaitlin Turcotte, and Ratadio.

Mississippi Baptist colleges represented at SBC annual meeting

June 15, 2022

Lifeway president: ‘Let us provoke one another in love’ during SBC 2022

Lifeway president and CEO Ben Mandrell speaks during the SBC Associational Leaders Conference in Anaheim June 12. (Photo credit: Van Payne/The Baptist Paper)

Lifeway president: ‘Let us provoke one another in love’ during SBC 2022

June 13, 2022

MAGNOLIA MINDS: A moral authority beyond ourselves

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MAGNOLIA MINDS: A moral authority beyond ourselves

June 10, 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