- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 January 20, 2026

Renewal Summit highlights hope, encouragement for struggling churches

Dr. Heath Lambert, Senior Pastor of First Church, Jacksonville, Fla., speaks during the Church Renewal Summit on Jan. 12 at First Church, Jackson. (Photo credit: Bart Lambright)

Renewal Summit highlights hope, encouragement for struggling churches

January 20, 2026

By Lindsey WilliamsWriting Specialist With 71% of Mississippi Baptist churches plateaued or declining, one can assume that at least 71% of our pastors are discouraged.…

Explore the Bible: January 25

Explore the Bible: January 25

January 20, 2026

Bible Studies for Life: January 25

Bible Studies for Life: January 25

January 20, 2026

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Pick a church, then pick an address

MAGNOLIA MINDS: Pick a church, then pick an address

January 16, 2026

MC’s Provine Chapel added to National Register of Historic Places

Provine Chapel, a red brick, temple-form Greek Revival structure with a stone Corinthian portico, is the oldest building on the MC campus. (Photo credit: MC)

MC’s Provine Chapel added to National Register of Historic Places

January 15, 2026

SCOTUS unanimously affirms
pro-life pregnancy center’s
claim against New Jersey
WASHINGTON (BP) — A Christian pro-life pregnancy resource center can fight in federal court the state of New Jersey’s order to submit a broad spectrum of documents including the identity of financial donors, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously April 29th. The case came to the high court after New Jersey successfully blocked First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, Inc. from challenging in federal court the state’s 2022 subpoena of 28 categories of documents. Subpoenaed among other information, and which the high court said was most pertinent to the court case, were donors’ names, phone numbers, addresses and places of employment. The release of such donor information would violate their First Amendment right to freely associate, the centers said in the lawsuit, and would discourage potential donors from giving. The High Court agreed with the centers, reversing a lower court decision that favored the New Jersey attorney general’s contention that the centers had no standing to sue.