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Women witness God’s purposes, plans on mission trip to Peru

Melissa Hanberry from Mississippi (left), connects with Walter Mattos, a pastor in Lima, Peru, whose church hosted a multiday health fair. Hanberry bonded with Mattos over their shared loss of a child. Hanberry was part of a women’s mission trip in October. (Photo credit: IMB)

Women witness God’s purposes, plans on mission trip to Peru

November 13, 2025

By Leslie Peacock CaldwellInternational Mission Board “Tatiana,” she quickly typed into her phone notes. “Alicia,” she added. “That’s someone else I need to remember to…

Veterans Day: Georgia soldier survives Vietnam, shares ‘most important’ event in life

Stephen Blanton (center) and his team prepare to turn their tools and helicopters over to the South Vietnamese Air Force. (Photo credit: Steve Blanton)

Veterans Day: Georgia soldier survives Vietnam, shares ‘most important’ event in life

November 11, 2025

Send Relief in Jamaica for Hurricane Melissa response

Send Relief in Jamaica for Hurricane Melissa response

November 5, 2025

Morris H. Chapman, former EC president, dies

Morris H. Chapman delivers his final report as SBC Executive Committee president to messengers at the 2010 SBC Annual Meeting in Orlando. (BP file photo, via the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives)

Morris H. Chapman, former EC president, dies

October 21, 2025

Clues of day the sun and moon stood still for Joshua told in new book on Tel Gezer dig

Archaeologists and scholars from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, the Israel Antiquities Authority, and the Israel Nature and Parks Authority co-directed an excavation of the ancient water system at Tel Gezer from 2010-2018. (BP file photo)

Clues of day the sun and moon stood still for Joshua told in new book on Tel Gezer dig

October 3, 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.