- Journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention since 1877 September 22, 2021

Explore the Bible: September 26

September 22, 2021

Joy in Knowing Jesus • Philippians 3:8-21 By Don Hicks Philippians chapter three begins with the Apostle Paul writing in this joyful note to the…

Mississippi Baptist response continues after double blow from hurricanes

IDA RESPONSE — Volunteers with the Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief ministry prepare a fallen tree for disposal on the campus of New Orleans Seminary, after Hurricane Ida made landfall in the New Orleans area on Aug. 29. (Photo credit: New Orleans Seminary)

Mississippi Baptist response continues after double blow from hurricanes

September 21, 2021

FIRST PERSON: International student searches for warmth in America, finds it at BSU

MINISTRY THROUGH FURNITURE — Eduardo Hernandez Escobar surveys the Furniture Giveaway for international students sponsored by the Baptist Student Union (BSU) at the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) in Hattiesburg. The El Salvador native is a senior at the university and active in the BSU at USM. (Photo credit: USM BSU)

FIRST PERSON: International student searches for warmth in America, finds it at BSU

September 20, 2021

FIRST PERSON: Champion your pastor during Pastor Appreciation Month in October

FLOYD AT MBCB -- Ronnie Floyd, president of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee in Nashville, addresses members of the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board (MBCB) on Aug. 24 at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center in Clinton. (Photo credit: William H. Perkins Jr.)

FIRST PERSON: Champion your pastor during Pastor Appreciation Month in October

September 16, 2021

Bible Studies for Life: September 19

September 16, 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.