Nearly 9,000 Southern Baptist messengers at the 2019 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting June 11, 2019, vote to pass an amendment regarding churches and sexual abuse. | Van Payne
A year after reporting the largest single-year membership decline in more than 100 years, churches in the Southern Baptist Convention, the nationâs largest Protestant denomination, lost more than 400,000 members in 2020 and set a new record for the single-year decline amid the coronavirus pandemic and a bitter culture war.
The Annual Church Profile report shows membership in SBC congregations declined by a staggering 435,632 in 2020, more than 50% higher than the 287,655 members the denomination reported losing from 2018 to 2019.
While the number of SBC congregations increased slightly by 62 to 47,592 over the previous year, the decline in membership in 2020 continues a sustained negative 14-year trend that began when SBC church membership peaked at 16.3 million in 2006. Since then, the denom
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D’Iberville, county, and state leaders officially cut the ribbon on the city’s new police department headquarters.
D’Iberville Police Chief Wayne Payne said, “To take something from the ground and build it up, well it’s just an awesome feeling. Just an awesome feeling.”
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Friday’s ribbon cutting ceremony marked a 13-year journey for the D’Iberville Police Department. From a double-wide trailer to a brand new, custom 14,000 square foot building, Chief Payne has been with the department since the beginning. “It’s really not about me, it’s about these officers that pin that badge on every day and go out and protect our citizens. And this is something they can be proud of, something our citizens can be proud of. It’s just a great day.”
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Ten indicted in separate disaster assistance fraud cases from 2016
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Ten St. Mary Parish residents have been indicted in separate disaster assistance fraud cases from 2016.
Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced on Thursday that a federal grand jury has returned ten separate indictments charging ten individuals with fraudulently applying for disaster benefits from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is a department of the United States Department of Homeland Security.
In August 2016, severe flooding impacted south Louisiana and a Presidential disaster declaration was issued on August 14, 2016 under the authority of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act. The incident period covered August 11, 2016 through August 31, 2016. FEMA was authorized to provide transportation assistance for repair or replacement of a primary vehicle damaged by the disaster.