by mcl | May 1, 2019 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Donavon Thigpen, Van Hardin and Rocky Shack EmbRACE Multiethnic Church Conference Are you a homogeneous church desiring to look more like your surrounding neighborhood? Mark your calendar, register today and plan to attend the Third Annual EmbRACE...
by mcl | Jan 1, 2019 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Kasey Shackelford Mission First opens PK–3 program Seeing the extreme need for transformation of a community through the power of Jesus, Mission First was started in 1999 as a ministry of First Baptist Jackson. The blighted Rosedown Apartments...
by mcl | Dec 1, 2018 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Ira E. Murray, PhD Meeting needs means thinking intersectionally Like most mothers-to-be, Rozetta Womack was excited to hear the news that she was pregnant with her now five-year-old son. However, as her pregnancy progressed and complications...
by mcl | Oct 4, 2018 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
MISSION MISSISSIPPI Reconciliation reaches far beyond metro Jackson Mission Mississippi has chapters all over the state, each of them with stories of people coming together across racial and denominational lines for the glory of God. ...
by mcl | Sep 2, 2018 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Michile Lam Adopt a Student The best relationships are the ones you never saw coming. I have no idea who first said that, but it certainly summarizes some of the most fulfilling friendships I’ve enjoyed. I was fresh out of college in 1992 when...
by MS Christian Living | Aug 1, 2018 | Columns, Community Outreach, Lifestyle
By Marilyn Tinnin As our children and grandchildren head back to the classroom this month, there is likely a sigh of relief when the last item on the lengthy school supply list is checked, the uniform requirements are satisfied, and the new backpack...
