DALLAS (BP) – GuideStone has released its most popular annual publication, the 2022 Ministers’ Tax Guide for 2021 Returns prepared by Richard Hammar, available now for GuideStone participants at GuideStone.org/TaxGuide. The tax guide includes tax highlights for 2021 — including 2022 annual contribution limits, 2022 standard business mileage rates and key features from The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) — along with step-by-step filing instructions for ministers’ personal taxes and … [Read more...]
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LGBTQ views of SBC’s new law firm questioned
NASHVILLE – Up to $2 million of Cooperative Program funds will be paid by the Southern Baptist Convention's (SBC) Executive Committee (EC) to cover legal fees of its newly-retained law firm that supports the Nashville Pride festival, the LGBTQ Bar, and is praised by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ organizations. Bradley Legal was highlighted in Human Rights Campaign’s material, and the firm has touted the link in several releases. “Bradley is pleased to … [Read more...]
ERLC trustees hear update from presidential search
NASHVILLE (BP) – The selection process for a new president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission is progressing, trustees of the Southern Baptist Convention entity were told Thursday, Feb. 17. Todd Howard, chair of the presidential search committee, provided a report on filling the leadership position for the ERLC during a trustees meeting held by means of an online video conference. The committee has the responsibility of bringing a candidate to the full trustee board to … [Read more...]
NAMB celebrates partnerships, health benefits for church planters
PHOENIX (BP) – North American Mission Board (NAMB) trustees, meeting in Phoenix, Feb. 14-15, spent time with area church planters and celebrated a new suite of resources NAMB is offering to new planters who are endorsed through its Send Network church planting arm. NAMB president Kevin Ezell and Hance Dilbeck, president-elect of GuideStone Financial Resources, shared that church planters assessed and endorsed by NAMB’s Send Network in 2022 will, for the first time, have the opportunity to … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists host retreat for Montana church planters, pastors
ANACONDA, Mont. – Montana is changing. Regal mountains and boundless horizons still welcome visitors, but with people moving to the Big Sky State in droves, the human landscape has shifted. In 2020, Missouri Baptists partnered with our sister churches in Montana to hold up their arms as they reach out to native Montanans and now, new arrivals. As part of that partnership, Missouri Baptist Pastor Lane Harrison of LifePoint Church, Ozark, Mo., led a team of Missouri Baptists to host a … [Read more...]
Missouri Baptists called to unite for Annie offering
JEFFERSON CITY – Churches are urged to unite once again in the annual Annie Armstrong Easter Offering (AAEO). The 177-year resolve to support North American missions by MBC churches is an impressive feat and a tradition worthy of the on-going effort. Don’t go it alone. Missouri WMU is ready to equip churches to successfully plan, promote and participate in this year’s AAEO. Missouri WMU President Jan Turner said that the continued financial faithfulness to NAMB will help ensure that God’s … [Read more...]
McLaurin named SBC Executive Committee interim president/CEO
NASHVILLE (BP) – Willie McLaurin will be the interim president and CEO of the SBC Executive Committee. The EC officers made the announcement Tuesday (Feb. 1). Since 2020, McLaurin has served as the vice president for Great Commission relations and mobilization at the EC. “We hope that he will help us to reset the tone by which the EC serves Southern Baptists,” said Rolland Slade, EC chairman. McLaurin, 48, served for 15 years at the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board before joining the … [Read more...]
As global tensions rise, SBC military chaplains prepare
UKRAINE (BP) – A continued increase in recent weeks of Russian troops on its border with Ukraine has mirrored the escalation of tensions in the area. In such times when the world’s geopolitical temperature rises, military chaplains begin making mental, spiritual and strategic preparations in case of conflict. “When chaplains put on the uniform, they must always consider the sober reality, like all military members, that their lives could quickly transition to a wartime footing,” said … [Read more...]
Pearson to resign as SBC Executive Committee CFO
NASHVILLE (BP) – Jeff Pearson’s tenure as chief financial officer of the SBC Executive Committee will come to an end Feb. 15. Pearson made the announcement to EC Chairman Rolland Slade in a letter Tuesday (Jan. 25). In the letter, Pearson was adamant in his support for the current investigation of the Executive Committee amid allegations of mishandling claims of sexual abuse and cited the changing landscape at the EC for his departure. “I have always been and I remain fully in favor … [Read more...]
SEND Missouri meeting with pastors, searching for new church planters
HANNIBAL – SEND Missouri of the North American Mission Board (NAMB) is meeting with pastors and seeking church planters for new Southern Baptist work in the state. Jason Zellmer, Director of SEND Missouri, met with more than a dozen pastors and church officials in Hannibal, Dec. 15. Several future church plant sites were identified and updates were given on several other plants in progress. “There is a shortage of church planters for the amount of churches we need to plant. We need … [Read more...]
MBTS celebrates fall graduates, Dighton encourages students to remain faithful
KANSAS CITY (MBTS) – Celebrating graduates amid the Christmas season, the Midwestern Seminary and Spurgeon College community recognized its students’ hard work, dedication, and perseverance, as the school held its 70th commencement exercises on Dec. 10. “This is the seventieth commencement exercise in Midwestern Seminary’s history,” said Midwestern President Jason Allen in his opening remarks. “This is not like an ordinary commencement service; it is a worship service. We are here to … [Read more...]
Longtime Baptist leader T.C. Pinckney dies
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (BP) — Retired Brig. Gen. Thomas C. “T.C.” Pinckney, a leader and longtime stalwart in the Southern Baptist Convention conservative resurgence of the 20th Century, died Monday (Dec. 20) at age 91. As a 1992 member of the SBC Executive Committee from Virginia, Pinckney proposed the successful amendment to the SBC constitution to declare churches condoning homosexuality “not in friendly cooperation” with the SBC. The amendment was adopted after receiving the required … [Read more...]
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