Jackson MS Downtown
24/7 Mississippi Strategic Prayer Call
Date and Time: Thur / 7:30 PM CT
Coordinators: Cynthia Todd, Marina Lott
Phone: 667-770-1484
Code: 549278 #
About Mississippi
Mississippi, one of the 50 US states, is situated in the Southern United States, known as the ‘Dixie’ region.
The Magnolia State (Mississippi’s official nickname) is part of the Bible Belt, a region of the southern and Midwestern US where Protestant fundamentalism is widely practiced.
Mississippi borders the state of Tennessee to the north. The Tennessee River defines a short section of the Mississippi/Alabama border at its northeastern corner; the remaining part of the state border is more or less a straight line. The line cuts in half what was formerly the entire Mississippi Territory.
The lower Mississippi River forms the state’s border with Arkansas and a section of the border with Louisiana in the west; the Pearl River forms the southern part of the Mississippi/Louisiana border.
Short history
Inhabited by local natives for thousands of years, Mississippi became a French colony in the first half of the 18th century. The French ceded the area to Britain in 1763.
Mississippi Territory was organized on 7 April 1798, from territory ceded by Georgia and South Carolina; it was later twice expanded to include disputed territory claimed by both the U.S. and Spain.
The United States obtained the territory south of the 31st parallel as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The whole area of Mississippi, except the region south of the 31st parallel, was included in the original territory of the United States.
On 10th December 1817, the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi, as the 20th state.
The eastern half became the Alabama Territory until its admittance to the Union as the State of Alabama on 14 December 1819.
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Covenant Document Welcoming the King of Glory into Mississippi