The Baptist Record - Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 May 16, 2022

Governor declares ‘The Baptist Children’s Village Day’

CELEBRATING 125 YEARS — Ministry staff, alumni, board members, and supporters of The Baptist Children’s Village joined Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves on May 11 as he signed a proclamation announcing May 12 as “The Baptist Children’s Village Day” across the state. (Photo credit: The Baptist Children’s Village)

Governor declares ‘The Baptist Children’s Village Day’

May 16, 2022

JACKSON, Miss. (The Baptist Paper and local reports) — The Baptist Children’s Village (BCV) of the Mississippi Baptist Convention celebrated 125 years of ministry to at-risk children…

SBC sexual abuse investigation complete; report submitted

SEX ABUSE INVESTIGATION — Julie Myers Wood, chief executive officer of Guidepost Solutions, explains details of how the company will investigate allegations of mishandling of sexual abuse complaints by the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee to the committee’s trustees during a September 2021 meeting in Nashville. (Photo credit: The Baptist Paper)

SBC sexual abuse investigation complete; report submitted

May 16, 2022

Church withdrawing from scandal-ridden camp

CANCELLED: First Church, West Plains, Mo., has cancelled all activities with Kanakuk Kamps after a staff counselor, Peter Newman, was convicted of sexual abuse of campers and is serving two life sentences plus 30 years. The church previously hosted a Kanakuk day camp called Kampout! in the church parking lot. (Photo credit: Baptist Press)

Church withdrawing from scandal-ridden camp

May 13, 2022

U.S. Senate again fails to federalize abortion

Senate wing of U.S. Capital, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Senate again fails to federalize abortion

May 12, 2022

McKeever donates career materials to New Orleans Seminary

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McKeever donates career materials to New Orleans Seminary

May 11, 2022

Supreme Court hears Colorado
religious discrimination case
WASHINGTON (BP) — The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments Nov. 3 in a case regarding a Colorado law that critics claim constitutes religious discrimination. A group of Catholic preschools is fighting the law because it does not allow an exemption for them to participate in the state’s preschool funding program. Colorado’s universal preschool program (known as UPK) was created in 2022 and offers funding for up to 15 hours of weekly preschool education at any licensed public or private school provided it agrees to an “equal opportunity mandate,” which requires the school to service students regardless of “sexual orientation or gender identity,” among other things. Catholic preschools under the Archdiocese of Denver, including St. Mary Catholic Parish, filed a federal lawsuit alleging discrimination in August 2023. St. Mary Catholic Parish, along with more than 30 other Catholic preschools in Denver, requires employees and admitted families to affirm a biblical ethic with regard to gender and sexuality. St. Mary’s application to the program and request for a religious exemption were denied by the state. This was despite other schools in the state receiving exceptions for other secular reasons such as “enrollment preferences.” St. Mary Catholic Parish was joined in the lawsuit by St. Bernadette Catholic Parish, The Archdiocese of Denver and two parents of preschool-age children. The plaintiffs allege their exclusion from the universal preschool funding program violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. The funding Colorado’s UPK offers, which it denied the petitioners, can total more than $6,000 per school year.