ERLC’s Brent Leatherwood resigns; acting president named
July 31, 2025
Brent Leatherwood has resigned as president of the Southern Baptist Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, concluding nearly nine years of service.
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Mississippi News July 31, 2025
July 31, 2025
OBITUARIES Vernell Daniels, who led at least 12 Mississippi churches over 64 years of ministry, died June 20. Joe Weideman Armour Jr., a minister who
Safer than Tylenol? Missouri AG sues Planned Parenthood over mifepristone claims.
July 25, 2025
Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey has filed a lawsuit against Planned Parenthood, accusing the organization of misleading women about the safety of the abortion pill mifepristone.
Update: Baptist DR teams keep up the work in central TX with 5 sites
July 24, 2025
Following weeks of logging long hours, Baptist volunteer teams are continuing flood recovery efforts in central Texas following the devastating Fourth of July floods that left more than 130 dead.
US Olympic officials: Biological men barred from competing in women’s sports
July 24, 2025
USA Fencing reportedly became the first sport to announce updated gender eligibility rules in response.
Update: Effort to defund Planned Parenthood partially blocked
July 23, 2025
Amid the ongoing battle to defund Planned Parenthood, a federal judge has partially blocked a provision in a recently passed federal budget bill focused on stripping Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding for one year.
Bangladesh Air Force jet crashes into school; more than 30 killed
July 21, 2025
A Bangladesh Air Force F-7 BGI jet crashed Monday (July 21) into Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara neighborhood, killing at least 19 people, including the pilot, and injuring over 160 others …
Mississippi News July 17, 2025
July 17, 2025
Obituaries John Steven Delony, who led several churches in Arkansas and Mississippi, died June 12. He was 78. Staff changes Chip Estes is the new
Texas flooding update: Baptist relief teams, churches continue to ‘walk alongside’ hurting
July 14, 2025
Baptist relief teams hit the ground running Monday (July 14) after a rough weekend of heavy rains and flash flood warnings in Central Texas that
Developing story: Multiple people injured in Kentucky shooting
July 13, 2025
A developing story out of Lexington, Kentucky, indicates multiple people have been injured, including a state trooper, after a situation developed reportedly during a traffic
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