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Biologist traces human lineage back to Noah

Biologist traces human lineage back to Noah

April 26, 2022

HEBRON, Ky. (BP and local reports) — One question puzzled Nathaniel Jeanson for decades: What was going on in pre-Columbus America, before Europeans arrived? In…

Christians under growing threat in Mozambique

IN DANGER — Christians in northernmost Mozambique are being increasingly targeted for elimination by the militant Muslim group Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jamaah. The extremists have also destroyed government facilities in their quest to establish Sharia (Islamic) law in the region. (Photo credit: Voice of the Martyrs)

Christians under growing threat in Mozambique

April 25, 2022

Location change for 2023 SBC annual meeting to be considered

Location change for 2023 SBC annual meeting to be considered

April 20, 2022

Baptists settling in for long stay at refugee camps

WAR’S COST — Ukrainian women and children gaze longingly at the country they are leaving behind as they evacuate their homes for refugee camps in Poland. Most families are separated as adult men are staying behind to battle Russian invaders sweeping across the independent nation. (Photo credit: International Mission Board)

Baptists settling in for long stay at refugee camps

April 18, 2022

Pastors detail areas they believe most need improvement

Pastors detail areas they believe most need improvement

April 18, 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.