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Mississippi Baptists host fellowship at SBC annual meeting

Mississippians gather for fellowship at the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention. (Photo credit: Tanner Cade)

Mississippi Baptists host fellowship at SBC annual meeting

June 16, 2022

The Mississippi Baptist Convention Board hosted a fellowship for Mississippians and friends June 14 at the Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim, California. This was the…

Chayasirisobhon elected SBC first vice president in narrow margin over Mississippi pastor Eubank

Chayasirisobhon elected SBC first vice president in narrow margin over Mississippi pastor Eubank

June 15, 2022

Mississippi Baptist colleges represented at SBC annual meeting

Corporal Ratadio from the Orange County Sheriff's Department visited the Mississippi College booth at the 2022 Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim, Cal., accompanied by his bomb-sniffing dog. Shown are Angie Hardin, Evan Lenow, Michael Wright, Kaitlin Turcotte, and Ratadio.

Mississippi Baptist colleges represented at SBC annual meeting

June 15, 2022

Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief completes Ukraine Refugee Ministry in Gdansk, Poland

A BREAK FROM CRISIS — Barri Shirley (left), chief operating officer for the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board and member of First Church, Madison, entertains a Ukrainian refugee child at a shelter in Gdansk, Poland, who was forced to flee the Russian invasion of her home country. Shirley served as the team leader for the March 27-April 4 mission trip. (Photo credit: Junior Davis)

Mississippi Baptist Disaster Relief completes Ukraine Refugee Ministry in Gdansk, Poland

June 10, 2022

FIRST PERSON: Reaching the unreached

Student summer missionaries are commissioned during a service April 19 at the Mississippi State BSU. (Photo credit: Mississippi State BSU)

FIRST PERSON: Reaching the unreached

June 8, 2022

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.