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

MAGNOLIA MINDS: A moral authority beyond ourselves

MAGNOLIA MINDS: A moral authority beyond ourselves

June 10, 2022

By Greg BelserCorrespondent In those days there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. Judges 17:6 The book…

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

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

June 8, 2022

Senior adults challenged to ‘Go and Make’

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

Senior adults challenged to ‘Go and Make’

June 8, 2022

Explore the Bible: June 12

June 8, 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