密西西比浸信会第190届年会闭幕：通过3,220万美元预算，全州洗礼人数创十年新高
美国密西西比州麦迪逊县麦迪逊市（Madison, Madison County, Mississippi）的 Broadmoor 浸信会教堂10月27日至28日迎来密西西比浸信会公会第190届年会，全州823名注册使者与330名来宾与会敬拜、团契并处理公会事务。
使者表决通过2027年合作计划预算32,204,114美元，较2026年增加1,104,114美元；其中用于全国与国际合作计划的拨款比例由39.5%提高到40%，其余60%用于教会退休与保障、密西西比各机构与公会理事会。2026年全体官员全数连任2027年任期，会长为新奥尔巴尼第一浸信会主任牧师 Andrew Chesteen。
年会公布的传道工作数据显示，密西西比浸信会各教會2025年共记录9,306次洗礼，是2016年以来的最高数字，并已连续五年增长，平均每19名参加敬拜者中就有一人受洗。不过对全州牧师的调查也显示，只有7%的牧师把传福音列为事工第一优先，公会传道专责小组据此呼吁各教会把福音对话建成可重复的日常模式。
年会还庆祝了密西西比浸信会救灾事工成立50周年。救灾主任 Hubert Yates 表彰了历任与现任志愿者，并呼吁各教会投入新志愿者、为下一次灾难呼召做好准备；通过的决议包括庆祝该救灾事工50周年等四项。
美南浸信会神学院院长 R. Albert Mohler Jr. 在年会上作了三场信息分享。下届（第191届）年会定于2027年10月25日至26日在 Jackson 第一浸信会举行。
Mississippi Baptists Close Their 190th Annual Meeting: A $32.2 Million Budget Passes and Baptisms Hit a Ten-Year High
Broadmoor Baptist Church in Madison, Madison County, Mississippi, hosted the 190th Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention on October 27-28, bringing together 823 registered messengers and 330 guests from across the state for worship, fellowship and convention business.
Messengers approved a 2027 Cooperative Program budget of $32,204,114, an increase of $1,104,114 over 2026. The share allocated to national and international Cooperative Program ministries rises to 40 percent, from 39.5 percent, with the remaining 60 percent going to church retirement and protection, Mississippi agencies and institutions, and the convention board. The entire slate of 2026 officers was reelected for 2027, led by President Andrew Chesteen, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, New Albany.
Evangelism figures presented at the meeting show that Mississippi Baptist churches recorded 9,306 baptisms in 2025, the highest number since 2016, following five consecutive years of increase, with one baptism for every 19 people in average worship attendance. A survey of pastors, however, found that only 7 percent ranked evangelizing as the top priority in their ministry, and the convention's Evangelism Task Force challenged churches to build Gospel conversations into how they actually spend their time.
The meeting also celebrated 50 years of Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief. Director Hubert Yates recognized current and former volunteers and challenged Mississippi Baptists to invest in the ministry's future through new volunteers and engaged churches; a resolution marking the anniversary was among four resolutions passed.
R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, delivered three messages during the convention. The 191st Annual Meeting is scheduled for October 25-26, 2027, at First Baptist Church, Jackson.
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图片来源：位于 Jackson 的密西西比浸信会公会大楼（资料图）。Michael Barera 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Mississippi Baptist Convention building in Jackson (file photo). Photo by Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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