Posts published in “Mississippi”

Winter weather headed this way for upcoming weekend

Winter weather headed this way for upcoming weekend

January 14, 2022

JACKSON, Miss. (Special) — Mississippi Baptist churchgoers should brace for the potential of winter weather moving into the state this weekend, warns Hubert Yates, director…

Mississippi Baptists keep on giving even during economic unsteadiness

Mississippi Baptists keep on giving even during economic unsteadiness

January 7, 2022

Horn Lake to be site of newest mosque in Mississippi

PERMITS ORDERED – A federal judge has signed a consent decree that orders the City of Horn Lake in DeSoto County to issue the necessary permits to allow construction of the northernmost Islamic mosque in Mississippi. (Image credit: ACLU)

Horn Lake to be site of newest mosque in Mississippi

January 6, 2022

North Greenwood Church makes sacrificial gift to relief effort

PRAYER FOR RELIEF EFFORT — Ed Litton (right), president of the Southern Baptist Convention and lead pastor of Redemption Church in Mobile, Ala., prays with disaster relief leaders (second from right), Bryant Wright, president of SEND Relief; Jamie Ward (second from left), co-lead pastor of Hillvue Heights Church in Bowling Green, Ky.; and Sam Porter, SEND Relief national director of disaster relief, at the site of a devastating tornado that struck the Bowling Green area on Dec. 11. (Photo Credit: Baptist Press/Morgan Bass)

North Greenwood Church makes sacrificial gift to relief effort

December 17, 2021

State fair evangelism outreach records professions of faith

SPECIAL MINISTRY — Hunter Tucker (left), student pastor at Good Hope Church, Richton, poses with volunteers from the church at the Mississippi Baptist Convention Board evangelism booth at the 2021 Mississippi State Fair in Jackson. Good Hope was one of several churches that sent volunteers to serve during the outreach effort.

State fair evangelism outreach records professions of faith

December 3, 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.