Twelve women graduated with degrees in Christian Service, becoming the first female field ministers in Mississippi’s prison system.
Anansi Flaherty, a backup fullback on Katy High School’s 2000 State Championship team, gave his life to Christ in prison. On Dec. 19, 2024, he was baptized — “raised to walk in new life” — outside those walls.
More than 350 Baptist Student Union students from 18 Mississippi colleges joined “Christmas in the Delta,” a ministry mobilizing students for gospel-centered service across nine Delta counties.
“I was dating a girl from a cross-town school, and she got pregnant. Her parents were not going to be happy that she was pregnant
God answered the prayers of Southern Baptists who asked God for someone to work alongside International Mission Board missionaries in a prison ministry in Lusaka, Zambia. He didn’t just send one Zambian believer. He sent three.
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for December 15, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
Azerbaijan, which hosted a United Nations climate summit last month, has come under international scrutiny for human rights and religious freedom violations.
Here’s the Explore the Bible Sunday School lesson commentary for November 24, written by Mark Rathel, pastor of Friendship Baptist Church in DeFuniak Springs, Florida.
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