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Mississippi Baptists convene 2021 annual meeting

LIFTING PRAISE – Choirs and orchestras from Mississippi Baptists’ three institutions of higher learning combined in worship Oct. 26 at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the Mississippi Baptist Convention at First Church, Jackson. Students from Blue Mountain College in Blue Mountain, Mississippi College in Clinton, and William Carey University in Hattiesburg provided worship throughout the first day of the two-day meeting. (Photo Credit: Bart Lambright)

Mississippi Baptists convene 2021 annual meeting

October 30, 2021

By William H. Perkins Jr. Editor Lloyd Sweatt, pastor of Meadowood Church, Amory, was elected to his first term as president of the Mississippi Baptist Convention (MBC) Oct.…

185th Annual Mississippi Baptist Convention Schedule

185th Annual Mississippi Baptist Convention Schedule

October 22, 2021

Unending Haiti violence raises questions about missionary safety

Unending Haiti violence raises questions about missionary safety

October 21, 2021

FIRST PERSON: Think you’re prepared for all disasters? Better be sure.

FIRST PERSON: Think you’re prepared for all disasters? Better be sure.

October 20, 2021

Gulf Coast church looks to the future with Bitcoin adoption

Gulf Coast church looks to the future with Bitcoin adoption

October 11, 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.