- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 November 29, 2021

First Church, Pontotoc, provides Thanksgiving dinner with a sweet side of faith

SWEET SERVICE — Ken Hester (right), senior pastor of First Church, Pontotoc, assists church member Michelle Benjamin as she prepares to serve her special sweet potato casserole recipe at the church’s annual Feeding of the 5,000 Thanksgiving dinner distribution.

First Church, Pontotoc, provides Thanksgiving dinner with a sweet side of faith

November 29, 2021

PONTOTOC, Miss. (BP and local reports) – Going back at least a quarter-century, First Church, Pontotoc, has called on its people to deliver a Thanksgiving…

SIMPLE TRUTH: Praying for Dear Life

SIMPLE TRUTH: Praying for Dear Life

November 23, 2021

Youth Evangelism Challenge back on track for late December

Youth Evangelism Challenge back on track for late December

November 23, 2021

Florist reaches settlement with homosexual couple after wedding flap

Barronelle Stutzman

Florist reaches settlement with homosexual couple after wedding flap

November 19, 2021

Southwestern Seminary president condemns documentary film as “scandalous, scurrilous slander;” asks Mid-America Seminary head to cancel on-campus premiere

Southwestern Seminary, Fort Worth

Southwestern Seminary president condemns documentary film as “scandalous, scurrilous slander;” asks Mid-America Seminary head to cancel on-campus premiere

November 18, 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.