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Yellow Creek Church celebrates 50 years with pastor Stanley Magill

Stanley Magill celebrated 50 years as the sole pastor of Yellow Creek Church, Tishomingo County, on Dec. 1. Shown, from left, are Tishomingo County Association’s Associational Mission Strategist Ray Burks, Magill, and John Pace, Director, Leadership Department, Mississippi Baptist Convention Board. (Photo credit: Tony Martln)

Yellow Creek Church celebrates 50 years with pastor Stanley Magill

December 6, 2024

By Tony MartinEditor Yellow Creek Church, a rural congregation in Tishomingo County near Iuka, has a unique claim to fame: it has had only one…

William Carey University announces President’s and Dean’s List

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William Carey University announces President’s and Dean’s List

December 4, 2024

MS pastor honored during Pastor Appreciation Month invests in Next Gen

Jay and Heather White

MS pastor honored during Pastor Appreciation Month invests in Next Gen

November 28, 2024

MBCB welcomes new pastors for orientation day

Shawn Parker, MBCB Executive Director-Treasurer, speaks during New Pastor Day at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board on Nov. 18. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

MBCB welcomes new pastors for orientation day

November 26, 2024

2,000 gather at large crosses statewide to pray for revival

The Haven Cross at Easthaven Baptist Church, Brookhaven.

2,000 gather at large crosses statewide to pray for revival

November 25, 2024

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.