Over the course of three days, professors and Bible scholars from Mississippi’s three Baptist universities tackled the book of Jeremiah during the 2026 Preaching Conference.
One moment, the Skopyches were tourists, vacationing in Europe to visit friends. The next, they were among an overwhelming swell of millions of Ukrainian evacuees, losing homes, careers and stability during the Russian invasion of 2022.
Megan Young has been named editor of Mississippi’s The Baptist Record, replacing Tony Martin, who retired Jan. 1.
During the Next Gen Summit, presented by the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board, guest speaker Cheli Vance tackled the issue of “Anxiety in the Next Generation.”
So what happens when you realize you have a difficult leader on your hands in your group ministry?
Drive down 6th Street in Lambert on any given Tuesday morning and you will be guaranteed to receive a sign to pull over and pray.
With summer only a few months away, the staff at Garaywa Camp and Conference Center is gearing up for various construction projects around the campgrounds. In moving picnic tables out of the way, Roddy Reed, manager of Garaywa, noticed many were in need of repair or replacement.
Tony Martin, editor of The Baptist Record, journal of the Mississippi Baptist Convention, retired at the end of the year after 25 years of service to Mississippi Baptists.
Authorities arrested Gabriel Olivier in 2021 after refusing to remain in a designated protest zone in Brandon, Mississippi.
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.
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