Southern Baptist Media Day is Sunday, July 26

Originally published on July 24, 2020 on The Alabama Baptist EDITOR’S NOTE: July 26 is Southern Baptist Media Day in the Southern Baptist Convention. Trusted sources of information and inspiration for almost 200 years, Southern Baptist media have experienced myriad changes and challenges in 2020. Added to the Southern Baptist Convention calendar in 2019, Southern Baptist Media Day, on July 26, is set aside to celebrate how God has used and continues to use Southern Baptist media in His mission. “In a culture where mainstream media continue to face an identity crisis and competition from expert bloggers and TV and …

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Mississippi’s The Baptist Record goes fully digital

Originally published on July 22, 2020 by Baptist Press JACKSON, Miss. (BP) — The Baptist Record will cease printing after 143 years, going fully digital and free of charge on its own website, according to editor William H. Perkins Jr. “There came a time when the last buggy repair shop in Mississippi had to close, because the need for horse-drawn carriages had passed,” Perkins said. “As automobiles were to horse-drawn carriages in another era, the internet has brought tremendous change to the news industry, both religious and secular.” Perkins cited the newspaper’s declining print subscription base as a factor that …

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