Tupelo's First Baptist Church, despite difficulties, presses on, continues mission

TUPELO – For 175 years, generations of believers at First Baptist Church, Tupelo, have worshipped, fellowshipped and reached out to others. Much like the Apostle Paul – who was beaten - more than once, stoned, shipwrecked, perhaps suffered from a chronic illness and faced other perils on his journeys – First Baptist Church, through multiple iterations, has faced adversity. There have been ...