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FIRST PERSON: ‘Is this really happening?’

MUCH NEEDED PRAYER — Lana Waggoner (left), member of First Church, Carthage, prays with a Ukrainian refugee driven from her home country by the Russian invasion, at a shelter in Gdansk, Poland. The team of Mississippi Baptists in Poland March 27-April 4 was the first of five from the state in a rotation with three other state Baptist conventions. (Photo credit: Junior Davis)

FIRST PERSON: ‘Is this really happening?’

April 7, 2022

By Junior DavisCorrespondent The Ukraine relief mission trip to Poland March 27-April 4 was unlike any I have experienced in some 65 years on this…

Meridian Serve Tour effort benefits local ministries

SERVE TOUR MERDIAN — Volunteers with the SEND Relief Serve Tour in Meridian on March 18-19 gather for a group shot while working to convert a vacant church property into Queen City Missions with bunk beds, washer and dryer, RV hookups, and other refurbishments. (Photo credit: NAMB)

Meridian Serve Tour effort benefits local ministries

April 5, 2022

SBC Church Compensation Study survey underway

SBC Church Compensation Study survey underway

April 1, 2022

How Zadie came to be a Lottie Moon hero

Zadie Pannell

How Zadie came to be a Lottie Moon hero

March 24, 2022

Ukraine Baptist seminary opens doors to refugees as war rages

WAR’S COST — As many as 400 refugees per day fleeing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have arrived at Ukraine Baptist Theological Seminary in Lviv, seeking help as their country and their homes are attacked. (Photo credit: BP screen capture from Vimeo)

Ukraine Baptist seminary opens doors to refugees as war rages

March 16, 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.