Mississippi News January 16, 2025 Obituaries Carl Morris, longtime pastor in Arkansas and Mississippi, died Dec. 8. He was 84. James A. Sadler Jr., pastor
Southern Baptist student ministry leader Shane Pruitt has been named student ministry instructor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in the Jack D. Terry School of Educational Ministries, the seminary announced Nov. 25.
Following the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, First Baptist Church leaders felt it was a good time to alter its tradition. “We decided to take our fall festival on the road,” said Craig Mintz, a pastor at FBC Sevierville, Tennessee.
“At the end of the day, God is the originator, designer and inventor of it all,” said Pruitt, national Next Gen director for the North American Mission Board. “He also gets to define what things are.”
As the residents of Barrow County, Georgia — and especially the students at Apalachee High School — deal with the aftermath of a Sept. 4 school shooting, Baptist churches are working together to provide support.
From June 22–29, Arkansas Baptists hosted Super Summer Arkansas at Ouachita Baptist University. The event — which hosted almost 3,000 — led to 819 decisions for Jesus.