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Evangelist’s case goes before the Supreme Court

December 4, 2025

Authorities arrested Gabriel Olivier in 2021 after refusing to remain in a designated protest zone in Brandon, Mississippi.

‘Very small church’ reaches 150 countries with tract ministry

November 22, 2025

Down a winding country road on the border of the national forest in Wayne County, sits little Strengthford Church. Every Sunday, the brothers and sisters in Christ pour generously into their missional offering, set aside to aid those in the community.

Rolling Fork church helps assemble over 2,000 disaster relief buckets

November 20, 2025

God’s Pit Crew and First Baptist Church Rolling Fork, Mississippi, recently partnered for a large-scale mobile Blessing Bucket packing assembly, resulting in the preparation of more than 1,000 Blessing Buckets and 1,000 children’s Play Pails for future disaster response efforts.

Mississippi News Nov. 6

November 6, 2025

Obituaries Robert “Bob” Hugh Posey, longtime Mississippi and Alabama pastor, died Oct. 11. He was 95. Jimmie Darrell Milam, who served in ministry more than

Go Tell America crusade in Mississippi concludes with over 500 decisions for Christ

October 30, 2025

The Go Tell America Southwest Mississippi Crusade concluded Oct. 22 after four powerful nights of worship and Gospel messages. Held at Brookhaven High School, the event ran from Oct. 19-22, drawing thousands from across the region.

Mississippi News Oct. 29

October 29, 2025

Obituaries Gary Pettit, a bivocational pastor who served Mississippi Baptist churches and the oil industry, died Aug. 14. He was 75. Bobby Nowell Parish, who

Mississippi News Oct. 9, 2025

October 9, 2025

Celebrations Greens Creek Church, Petal, Pine Belt Association, celebrates its 175th anniversary Oct. 11, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.; music includes the Williamsons and Cross Winds; free

Brokenness to brotherhood: How God is moving at a Mississippi penitentiary

October 2, 2025

Mid-Delta Baptist ministry leaders recently visited the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. Their purpose was to help church plants inside the prison become part of

Mississippi preschooler’s ‘Mr. Bubba dress-a-like’ video goes viral

September 29, 2025

Ask preschoolers at First Baptist Church Clinton, Mississippi, about their professional aspirations and you’ll get the gamut from Power Rangers and Cinderella to Mr. Bubba … Bubba Cagle, that is, church facilities manager extraordinaire.

Equipping fathers as disciple-makers

September 27, 2025

“I love the church, but in many instances the church has acquiesced to the expectation that fathers are not making disciples in their home.”

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