Exempting hourly workers’ overtime pay from state income tax this year will cost significantly more than early estimates predicted, but lawmakers say they knew those rough calculations in 2023 came with a big asterisk.
How can we have hope in these desperate times? Take comfort in these Christmas truths:
With seven months left in the government-mandated re-registration period, only one of 3,500 previously approved faith groups in Belarus has been granted official status.
For more than 30 years, East Cooper Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, has remained committed to missions locally and internationally. Their commitment includes
“Scrooge: A Christmas Carol” is a free four-part audio drama presented by Hope Media Group and Compassion International that includes names you know and a faith-centric plot adapted from Charles Dickens’ popular novel.
Don Johnson’s 71 years of ministry included 27 years at Tuskegee Lee Association — he retired as director of missions in 2006. He died Dec. 17.
Five Christians in Nigeria’s Plateau state were killed in attacks, and an abducted elderly man was slain even though his family paid ransom.
Brenda Lovelady Spahn, who founded The Lovelady Center in Birmingham 20 years ago, died Dec. 18. She was 75. More than 19,600 women have come through the program she started in 2004.
