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EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: So you thought you knew

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: So you thought you knew

April 8, 2022

By William PerkinsEditor What is a woman? Oxford Languages, which has been printing dictionaries for well over 150 years and currently in more than 50…

LETTER: What a start!

January 20, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: ‘Dear Legislator…’

IN SESSION – Mississippi legislators will soon be filling the hallways of the New Capital in downtown Jackson for the 2022 regular session of the Mississippi Legislature, which convened on January 4. (Photo credit: Visit Jackson)

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: ‘Dear Legislator…’

January 4, 2022

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Just tap the app

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Just tap the app

December 14, 2021

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: What one little kitten taught me

EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: What one little kitten taught me

December 2, 2021

Clergy Act advances from House
Ways and Means Committee
DALLAS – On Dec. 10 the House Ways and Means Committee advanced the Clergy Act, H.R. 227, in a bipartisan, unanimous vote. The Clergy Act would provide ministers who opted out of Social Security a one-time window to opt back in. The bipartisan legislation was reintroduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by California Congressmen Vince Fong and Mike Thompson, and has gained the support of several co-sponsors. The legislation is supported by GuideStone Financial Resources of the Southern Baptist Convention and other leaders from a wide variety of large and historic denominational benefit boards. In a news release issued by Rep. Fong’s office, GuideStone President Hance Dilbeck expressed gratitude to Fong for his leadership. The Clergy Act would create a two-year window beginning in 2029 that would allow eligible ministers who have opted out of Social Security to revoke their exemption and begin contributing. Ministers must still meet the standard 10-year contribution requirement to earn full retired-worker benefits, receiving benefits proportional to their contributions.