The Baptist Record - Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 December 16, 2025

Explore the Bible: December 21

December 16, 2025

Worship the King • Matt. 2:1-12 By Carl M. White The two main symbols of the Christian faith are like great parenthesizes of the life…

Bible Studies for Life: December 21

Bible Studies for Life: December 21

December 16, 2025

BMCU and WCU partner to create medical and pharmacy pathways for students

Representatives of Blue Mountain Christian University and William Carey University sign a Memorandum of Understanding on Dec. 2.

BMCU and WCU partner to create medical and pharmacy pathways for students

December 12, 2025

IN THE MARGINS: When right and wrong become just opinions

IN THE MARGINS: When right and wrong become just opinions

December 11, 2025

National WMU leader Sandy Wisdom-Martin announces retirement plans

Sandy Wisdom-Martin makes a new friend while on a mission trip to Peru in 2019 to distribute water filters through WMU’s Pure Water, Pure Love ministry. (Photo credit: WMU)

National WMU leader Sandy Wisdom-Martin announces retirement plans

December 10, 2025

2026 SBC Book of Reports
now available online
NASHVILLE (BP) – The 2026 SBC Book of Reports is now online. The book is the go-to guide for Southern Baptists as they prepare to make decisions during the annual meeting. The print edition will be available at this year’s meeting in Orlando. “Southern Baptist leaders work tirelessly to report our work in various public formats, including the 2026 Book of Reports,” said SBC Executive Committee President Jeff Iorg. “These thorough reports demonstrate accountability and transparency in operations and results.” The book is published annually and gives messengers key organizational data. It contains business reports from each entity and includes the 2026-2027 Cooperative Program Allocation Budget. “One of the biggest changes for 2026-27 is the proposed Cooperative Program Allocation Budget which sends 51 percent of the total budget to the International Mission Board and eliminates the current priority allocation for legal and operational needs of the Executive Committee,” Iorg said. “All SBC entities worked together to make these changes possible. We are grateful for this progress in sending about $2,500,000 more to the International Mission Board starting in October 2026.”