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Pacific Rim IMB missionaries to serve in Sub-Saharan areas of Africa where explosive growth is predicted

MISSIONARIES AGREE – Jeff Singerman (at podium), a missionary serving in Africa with Southern Baptist’s International Mission Board (IMB), speaks to those gathered in Kenya for the Oct. 29 signing of a memorandum of understanding that will facilitate the sharing of missions work between missionaries from Pacific Rim countries and the Sub-Sahara region of Africa. (Photo credit: IMB)

Pacific Rim IMB missionaries to serve in Sub-Saharan areas of Africa where explosive growth is predicted

November 17, 2021

KENYA (IMB and local reports) — Missionaries serving with Southern Baptist’s International Mission Board (IMB) in the two focal areas of Sub-Sahara Africa and the Asian Pacific Rim…

FIRST PERSON: It’s worth asking for

ON MISSION – Paul Chitwood (second from left), president of the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention, and IMB missionary Brian Massey (second from right) share the Gospel with a family living deep in the mountains of Columbia. (Photo credit: IMB)

FIRST PERSON: It’s worth asking for

November 10, 2021

China’s communist government doubles down on religious persecutions

China’s communist government doubles down on religious persecutions

November 4, 2021

LIFEWAY RESEARCH: Almost all churches and most churchgoers have returned to in-person attendance as pandemic numbers decline

LIFEWAY RESEARCH: Almost all churches and most churchgoers have returned to in-person attendance as pandemic numbers decline

November 2, 2021

With Mississippi abortion law appeal drawing near, U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on similar case from Texas

U.S. Supreme Court

With Mississippi abortion law appeal drawing near, U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on similar case from Texas

November 2, 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.