- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 December 16, 2021

Southern Baptists spring into action after devastating storm

RESPONSE UNDERWAY — Southern Baptist Disaster Relief leaders (from left) Larry Hunt, Paul Louallen, Glenn Hickey, and Mike Slonecker confer at command headquarters at First Church, Murray, Ky., to begin planning the Southern Baptist response to the devastating Dec. 10-11 storm front that spun off as many as 24 tornadoes in a five-state area. (Photo credit: Submitted to Baptist Press)

Southern Baptists spring into action after devastating storm

December 16, 2021

MURRAY, Ky. (BP and local reports) – Southern Baptists have set up six disaster relief sites across the South following the Dec. 10-11 supercell storm…

Bible Studies for Life: December 19

December 16, 2021

Explore the Bible: December 19

December 16, 2021

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Just tap the app

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December 14, 2021

Loss of life mounting from Dec. 11 tornado swarm; Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief on standby for mobilization

TORNADO AFTERMATH — Debris is piled up in the parking lot of First Church, Mayfield, Ky. — including a Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief trailer (center) pre-positioned at the church -- after a massive tornado swept through the town on Dec. 11. The church building sustained significant damage. (Photo credit: Baptist Press/Morgan Bass)

Loss of life mounting from Dec. 11 tornado swarm; Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief on standby for mobilization

December 13, 2021

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.