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Thanksgiving: Food, faith and football

November 23, 2023

It’s Thanksgiving, which unfortunately sometimes gets lost in between Halloween and Christmas. Thanksgiving yard decorations don’t get the love the other two holidays do.

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Vision clinics open ministry doors to 1,300 inmates in Mississippi

November 22, 2023

Sharing the gospel recently at two Mississippi prisons, Missouri Baptists also provided vision clinics and eyeglasses.

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MS ministry wives conference equips women for ‘life calling’

November 19, 2023

The Mississippi Baptist Convention Board’s leadership department hosted a Ministry Wives Conference on the afternoon of Oct. 23, in conjunction with the Pastors Conference at First Baptist Church Jackson.

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Mississippi Baptists see 269 decisions for Christ at state fair

November 18, 2023

During the Mississippi’s state fair,  more than 140 Mississippi Baptist volunteers shared the Good News of Christ with some 2,520 fairgoers, of whom 269 made professions of faith.

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New directors announced at Mississippi Baptist Convention Board

November 17, 2023

The Mississippi Baptist Convention Board has recently called two new staff members — John Maxey as director of church planting and revitalization and Kris Smith as director of worship ministries.

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Assessing pros and cons of AI in ministry

November 16, 2023

First, let’s clarify what artificial intelligence is and isn’t. Most people think of science fiction-level AI when discussing this topic. However, we are not close to a scenario like Skynet taking over the world.

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Mississippi’s Barry Lee named state’s Bivocational Pastor of the Year

November 8, 2023

Barry Lee, pastor of Rolling Hills Baptist Church Carriere, Mississippi, was honored as Mississippi Baptists’ 2023 Bivocational Pastor of the Year during the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board’s annual meeting.

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Animal control business opens doors for Canada church planters, Mississippi Baptists

November 8, 2023

Eleven pastors and mission leaders from 10 Mississippi Baptist churches recently went on a “vision journey” to Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to build partnerships with church planters.

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First person: Wisdom for editors from the Hippocratic Oath

November 2, 2023

Many medical schools require their graduates to adhere to the Hippocratic Oath, which includes this line …

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Mississippi messengers elect Hurt new MBC president

October 28, 2023

Judson W. “Bill” Hurt, senior pastor of Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, Columbus, was elected without opposition to a first term as president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention …

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