News Articles by Carl M. White

CLINTON, Miss. (BP)–“It’s going to take big bucks to meet that goal,” the lad told his mother four years ago.Seated in a Woman’s Missionary Union kickoff for the Lottie Moon Christian Offering, which included Royal Ambassadors (RAs) and Girls in Action (GAs), Cole Brabham said he wanted to give $20 of his own money.And he’s […]

CLINTON, Miss. (BP)–A group of grandparents collectively laugh and cry as they watch a video of one’s daughter, son-in-law and their preschool children.But there’s more to this gathering than viewing each other’s videos or snapshots of their grandchildren.These are the parents of missionaries, gathered at Camp Garaywa, a Mississippi Baptist facility near Clinton, to share […]

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–The trend to team ministry is replacing committees in many churches, according to a Baptist Sunday School Board consultant.Ron Pratt, a church consultant for ministers of education in the board’s pastor-staff leadership department, led a conference on team ministry earlier this summer at the National Conference on Church Leadership at Ridgecrest (N.C.) Baptist […]

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP)–Rhonda Kelley believes there is a place for a women’s enrichment ministry in most churches. After all, who can communicate the love of God to a woman better than another woman?Kelley is an adjunct faculty member at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and wife of seminary President Charles “Chuck” Kelley.Speaking at the National […]

FRIARS POINT, Miss. (BP)–A church van full of nurses pulls up in front of a small, two-story frame structure that shows the wear and tear of many years on its face. The health fair has arrived in Friars Point, a sleepy Mississippi Delta river town in the northwest corner of the state.Fifteen student nurses plus […]

JACKSON, Miss. (BP)--Identical bills to appropriate funds for the state of Mississippi's purchase of the former Clarke College campus in Newton have been filed with the state senate and house of representatives.