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National WMU leader Sandy Wisdom-Martin announces retirement plans

Sandy Wisdom-Martin makes a new friend while on a mission trip to Peru in 2019 to distribute water filters through WMU’s Pure Water, Pure Love ministry. (Photo credit: WMU)

National WMU leader Sandy Wisdom-Martin announces retirement plans

December 10, 2025

By Julie Walters (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Sandy Wisdom-Martin, executive director-treasurer of WMU, SBC, announced she will retire in January of 2027, which will mark 36…

FIRST-PERSON: How cancer challenged my beliefs and strengthened my trust in God

Jenna Morehart and her husband, Tyler, pose for a photo with their children. The Moreharts serve with the IMB in Portugal. (Photo Provided)

FIRST-PERSON: How cancer challenged my beliefs and strengthened my trust in God

December 8, 2025

Cooperative Program continues healthy start to fiscal year

Cooperative Program continues healthy start to fiscal year

December 4, 2025

Viral videos draw attention to church benevolence practices

Members of Germantown Church serve food at the Memphis Union Mission. (Photo credit: GBC)

Viral videos draw attention to church benevolence practices

November 20, 2025

Former SBC president Luter announces 2026 retirement; son voted to succeed him

Fred Luter Jr. preaches at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2021. (Photo credit: NOBTS)

Former SBC president Luter announces 2026 retirement; son voted to succeed him

November 13, 2025

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.