The Value of a Soul

When you think of missions, you think about leaving Starkville and going elsewhere. However, there are local needs also. You chose to give up a couple of Saturdays to be

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Kathryn Entrekin
Lisa Ziegler's Story

Mountaintops and valleys – the journey of life consist of both. We all experience them, and we can’t stay in either place forever. The fact that I am where I am today in my relationship with Christ…

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Lisa Ziegler
Gospel Conversations

Reid Stevens shares how we can impact our community with the good news of Jesus, and it starts by being at Gospel Conversations to learn how to confidently and competently share the gospel with those around you…

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Reid Stevens
No Agenda

If you read last month's First Word, Everybody Always, you'll remember that I've been reading the book by that title. Guess what... I'm still reading that book. I know, I'm a slow reader. I read like five books at the same time all while.…

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First Baptist Starkville
June Scoggins' Story

Let me set the stage for you:  It was May 31, 2018, and on the east side of the Mississippi State campus in the new BSU Building stood a woman who had poured her heart and soul into thousands of lives over the last five decades…

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Ashley Taylor
Our Bells Ring True

Somewhere in the neighborhood of 1840, P.T. Barnum - aka, “The Greatest Showman” - brought one of the earliest handbell choirs to America.  Fast forward a hundred years or so, and handbell groups began to appear in churches, schools, and other…

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Jay Reed