Category: From the Memo Board

Dates to Know

November 1 – September Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

November 1 – October Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

November 10 – Most US banks will be closed for Veterans Day.

November 23-24 – The Office will be closed in celebration of Thanksgiving.

December 1 – October Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

December 1 – November Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations

December 5 – All prayer letters the Office assists in mailing via PrayerLetters.com should be submitted to our staff in order for your recipients to get them before Christmas.

December 15 – Please contact us by this date via Signal if you will need funds in your account before Christmas or the end of the year.

December 18 – All prayer letters the Office assists in sending via MailChimp should be submitted to our staff in order for your recipients to get them before Christmas.

December 21-27 – The Office will be closed in celebration of Christmas. The Office will reopen on December 28th.

January 1 – November Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

January 1 – December Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

January 10 – All Missionaries will receive their statements of December Support Received.

January 12 – All Missionaries will receive they final December support on this day, regardless of the day they normally receive support.

January 15 – December Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries, along with any remaining receipts or financial paperwork for 2023. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

February 1 – 1099 Forms and other tax documentation for the 2023 tax year will be available on SecureCloud.

April 8-12, 2024 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC.

Year-End Adjustments

During a typical month, we close the books on the 25th, and any checks received after that date are posted to the following month. This means that you receive your Support List and total income figures on or about the 25th, and we then deposit funds into your account(s) on the 29th, 5th, or 10th of the month after we have calculated estimated taxes, tithes, and other month end payments.

Due to receipting requirements, we cannot do this in the month of December, as we are required by law to process funds that were postmarked in December as if they were received in December. This means we cannot close the books for December until January 10th, and therefore we do not have final December figures until January 10th.

What does this mean for you?

• • • Please contact our office by December 15 if you will need funds in your account before the end of the year. This helps our staff plan for all transfers before we close for the Christmas holiday.
    • The last day we can initiate a bank transfer in the year 2023 is December 20.
    • Final transfers of December funds (after all estimated taxes and tithes have been calculated) will be made for January 12th, 2024, regardless of the day you usually receive your monthly support.
    • Please be aware that your December support total may be higher than normal, while your January support total may be lower than normal. Please be sure to plan ahead for this!

Upcoming Financial Reports for US Missionaries

Please prepare now to ensure that your year-end financial reports are submitted on time. October reports are due December 1, November reports are due January 1, and December reports are due January 15. If it is possible for you to submit reports before the due dates, that would greatly assist our staff. Please note it is fine to submit a report without waiting for the Line 1 income figure. We can add that for you as needed. Reports should be submitted to [email protected]. Please be sure to include all receipts for expenses $75 and over at the same time you submit your report so there are no delays in processing. Thank you for your help in these areas.

Year-End Prayer Letter Services

If the office assists in mailing your prayer letters through PrayerLetters.com, please send us your information by December 5th for your recipients to receive it before Christmas.

If we assist with your MailChimp emails only, please get us your information by December 18th in order for your recipients to receive them by the end of the year. Please be aware that letters received in our office after these days may experience delays due to the holidays. Please plan the timing of your letters accordingly, and contact the office if you have any questions. Thank you!

Our Office will resume processing prayer letters on January 2, 2024.

Family Fellowship Week

We are beginning preparations for Family Fellowship Week 2024, which will once again be held at the Caraway Conference Center near Asheboro, NC. Our missions family greatly enjoys this quiet retreat location, which allows all services, lodging, meals, and activities to take place in one place.

Our next meeting will be held April 8-12, 2024. Please make plans to join us! Please watch your email for registration information in the next few days. Final reservations need to be communicated to the office by February 1, 2024.

This is a time to gather for fellowship and encouragement. Meals, lodging, and child care are provided. Attendees should plan to stay the entire week, beginning Monday afternoon, and ending after the Thursday evening service. (Lodging Thursday night and breakfast Friday morning are provided, but guests are welcome to leave Thursday evening if they wish.) There will be preaching and teaching sessions in the morning and evening, with free time in the afternoons. The week provides opportunities to rub shoulders with fellow servants from around the world in all stages of ministry. Please plan to join us.

Uplift Podcast

Trust God’s Plan by Cody Carden

Holiness Part 1 by Cody Carden

Holiness Part 2 by Cody Carden

Holiness Part 3 by Cody Carden

Dates to Know

October 1 – August Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

October 1 – September Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

October 9 – Most US banks will be closed for Columbus Day.

November 1 – September Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

November 1 – October Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

November 10 – Most US banks will be closed for Veterans Day.

November 23-24 – The Office will be closed in celebration of Thanksgiving.

December 1 – October Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

December 1 – November Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations

December 5 – All prayer letters the Office assists in mailing via PrayerLetters.com should be submitted to our staff in order for your recipients to get them before Christmas.

December 15 – Please contact us by this date via Signal if you will need funds in your account before Christmas or the end of the year.

December 18 – All prayer letters the Office assists in sending via MailChimp should be submitted to our staff in order for your recipients to get them before Christmas.

December 21-27 – The Office will be closed in celebration of Christmas. The Office will reopen on December 28th.

January 1 – November Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

January 1 – December Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

January 10 – All Missionaries will receive their statements of December Support Received.

January 12 – All Missionaries will receive they final December support on this day, regardless of the day they normally receive support.

January 15 – December Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries, along with any remaining receipts or financial paperwork for 2023. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

February 1 – 1099 Forms and other tax documentation for the 2023 tax year will be available on SecureCloud.

April 8-12, 2024 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC.

Year-End Prayer Letter Services

If the office assists in mailing your prayer letters through PrayerLetters.com, please send us your information by December 5th for your recipients to receive it before Christmas.

If we assist with your MailChimp emails only, please get us your information by December 18th in order for your recipients to receive them by the end of the year. Please be aware that letters received in our office after these days may experience delays due to the holidays. Please plan the timing of your letters accordingly, and contact the office if you have any questions. Thank you!

Our Office will resume processing prayer letters on January 2, 2024.

New Missionaries

Stephen and Jenifer Minion have been accepted with World Wide as our newest missionaries to Brazil. They are sent out of the Maranatha Baptist Church in Shelby, NC, with Pastor Jim Davidson. The Minions are graduates of Ambassador Baptist College, and Stephen has served as an assistant pastor at Maranatha BC for the past five years. They have three daughters: Shiloh (4), Tirzah (3), and Keziah (1). Stephen is brother-in-law to our former Office Assistant Holly Minion. Jenifer is sister to our missionary Jed Duarte. Their goal is to begin deputation early next year. Please pray for them as they transition to this new ministry.

Uplift Podcast

Family Fellowship Week – The Gospel’s Hope by Tim Daniel

Family Fellowship Week: A Door of Hope by John O’Malley

God is our Refuge by Cody Carden

Dates to Know

September 1 – July Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 1 – August Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 4 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in recognition of Labor Day.

October 1 – August Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

October 1 – September Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 8-12, 2024 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC

Financial Report Reminder

As we enter the last quarter of the year, thoughts turn to year-end tax procedures. Many people begin thinking of last-minute deductions that will affect them. If you anticipate making large ministry purchases and you desire the purchase to be a deduction in the year 2023, you may wish to make the purchase by the end of November. Because of the way our 1099s are calculated, December expenses are “reimbursed” out of January income, so the tax benefit on your 1099 would actually be considered a 2024 reimbursement. Regardless of when the purchase is made, you will still receive a tax benefit. However, we wanted you to be aware of these deadlines as you plan your expenses over the next few months.

Uplift Podcast Episodes

Family Fellowship Week – Groaning in Hope by Danny Whetstone

Family Fellowship Week – The Psalmist’s Hope by Gene Krachenfels

Family Fellowship Week – Jeremiah’s Hope by Barry Goodman

Family Fellowship Week – Don’t Lose Hope by Jeremy Lockhart

Family Fellowship Week – The Scriptures’ Hope by David Fulp

Family Fellowship Week – The Finisher’s Hope by Chad Estep

Dates to Know

Dates to Know

July 1 – May Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

July 1 – June Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

July 4 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in celebration of Independence Day.

August 1 – June Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

August 1 – July Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 1 – July Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 1 – August Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

September 4 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in recognition of Labor Day.

April 8-12, 2024 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC

Maternity Leave!

Mrs. Laura Cmaylo, our International Visa Coordinator, is taking maternity leave from June 23rd through the end of August. Please pray for Laura, her husband, Emil, and their son, Jackson, as they welcome a new baby girl into their family.

For our national missionaries, please continue to submit NRA reports and receipts to [email protected]. Another staff member will handle her responsibilities while she is away. If you make plans to come to the States during this time, please let the office know as soon as possible.

If you have any urgent matters that are typically directed to Laura, please call the office at 704-730-1440 or message the main World Wide Signal number at 704-750-9493.

Thank you for your prayers for the Cmaylo family and your patience with our office as we cover Laura’s tasks during her absence.

New Baby!

Aiden David Bonikowsky Rodriguez was born on June 2. Aiden is the son of David and Raquel Bonikowsky, who serve in the Basque region of Spain. Aiden joins older sisters Leire (3) and Sophia (1). He is the grandson of Andy and Mimi Bonikowsky, and the great-grandson of Al and Helga Bonikowsky. We rejoice for these four generations in our missions family!

Learn Biblical Giving

Learn Biblical Giving is a 13-lesson series teaching a biblical perspective on giving. The course helps churches, schools, families, and Bible study groups learn the spectrum of giving from the word of God. Click here to visit the website to view the video series.

Uplift Podcast Episodes

Family Fellowship Week – Testimony from Adrian Hendricks

Family Fellowship Week – Testimony from Edgar Feghaly

Family Fellowship Week – Testimony from Joshua Wagar

Dates to Know

June 1 – April Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

June 1 – May Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

June 12-24 – See The Harvest trip to Scotland.

July 1 – May Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

July 1 – June Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

July 4 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in celebration of Independence Day.

April 8-12, 2024 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC

In His Service

For four decades, Bro. Danny Whetstone wrote articles to missionaries offering practical advice, biblical principles, and spiritual encouragement. Those articles first appeared here in the Headquarter Happenings newsletters as he sought to uplift, strengthen, and guide our missions family. WWNTBM has recently collected 153 of these articles and published them in a book titled In His Service. The title is taken from the way he would close his letters and articles. The book is available on Amazon in both print and Kindle versions.

Discount Airlines

AdoptionAirfare is a Christian travel agency, providing missionary and humanitarian airfare for missionaries and adopting families all over the world. Their sister website for missions and group travel is www.cheapmissionstrips.com.

2023 Graduates

Several in our missions family have graduated in recent months. We are thankful for each of these individuals. They have worked hard to achieve this milestone, and we look forward to seeing how the Lord will use them in the future. Click here for a list of graduates and their future plans.

Note: You will need to login to SecureCloud in order to view this document. Once you have logged in, click on Files, Shared, then Headquarter Happenings, then “Graduates 2023.” This step protects people with WWNTBM in restricted access fields.

Our Current Missions Family

Click this link to download a PDF of the current list of World Wide missionaries.

Note: You will need to login to SecureCloud in order to view this document. Once you have logged in, click on the Headquarter Happenings folder, then “Missionary List June 2023.” This step protects people with WWNTBM in restricted access fields.

New Baby!

Isaac David Elwart was born on May 26, 2023. He weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces and was 21 inches long. Dalton is the son of Jackie and Brittany Elwart. He joins older siblings Charlotte (16), Audrey (14), Sadie (12), Elijah (2) and Dalton (1). The Elwarts are missionaries in Big Bear, California.

Uplift Podcast Episodes

Family Fellowship Week – Testimony from Elwood Hurst

Family Fellowship Week – Testimony from Fred Daniel, Jr.

Family Fellowship Week – Testimony from Colton Lee

Dates to Know

May 1 – March Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

May 1 – April Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

May 29 – The Office, and most US Banks, will be closed in celebration of Memorial Day.

May 30 – Revised pay date for those who normally receive funds on the 29th

June 1 – April Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

June 1 – May Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 8-12, 2024 – Family Fellowship Week at Caraway Conference Center in Sophia, NC

In His Service

For four decades, Bro. Danny Whetstone wrote articles to missionaries offering practical advice, biblical principles, and spiritual encouragement. Those articles first appeared here in the Headquarter Happenings newsletters as he sought to uplift, strengthen, and guide our missions family. WWNTBM has recently collected 153 of these articles and published them in a book titled In His Service. The title is taken from the way he would close his letters and articles. The book was presented to the Whetstones at Family Week. This book is available on Amazon in both print and Kindle versions.

Why We Use the KJV

During Family Week 2022, in response to questions from the missions family, the Executive Board requested that FFW 2023 include sessions on why we as a mission agency use the King James Version. Frank Camp was asked to speak on the topic. Following is a brief outline of his sessions. Additional material, including recordings of these sessions, is available in SecureCloud under the folder, KJV Documentation.

When choosing your version of the Bible, you will either accept the research of men, or you will accept by faith what the Bible says about itself. We use the KJV for the following reasons:

1. 1. 1. The manuscripts that support the KJV
         • The quantity of manuscripts
         • The quality of manuscripts
         • The “questionable” manuscripts referred to by critics are questionable only because the critics claim them to be.
      2. The men who translated the KJV
         • Used faithful methods
         • Did not use fraudulent methods
         • Had character
         • Had credentials – many were native Greek speakers
      3. The methods used by the translators
      4. The mastery of the translation
         • Conservative theology
         • Conviction that comes when it is read
         • Continuous time it has been in use
      5. The modern version confusion
      6. The matter of preservation

List of suggested materials for further study:

Touch Not the Unclean Thing, by David Sorenson
God’s Perfect Book, by David Sorenson
Any book by author John W. Burgon (sometimes referred to as Dean John Burgon)
Any book by author Jack Moorman
Books published by the Dean Burgon Society
YouTube video A Lamp in the Dark
YouTube video Tares Among Wheat
YouTube video Bridge to Babylon

Ministry Resources

Missions.Today is a resource website for missionaries, by missionaries. Feel free to submit references and resources, as well as to utilize and recommend this site to others.

New Baby!

Azariah Philip Prater was born on March 30, 2023. He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces. Azariah is the sixth son of Ethan and Brittany Prater, and joins brothers Enoch (10), Silas (8), Jude (7), John (4), and Ezra (1). The Praters are missionaries in the Dominican Republic.

News from the IRS

When governments shut down in early 2020 due to Covid, millions of individuals were affected as they tried to file their 2019 taxes. Complications since then have continued to delay the processing of returns for both 2019 and 2020 tax years. The IRS has recently issued guidance for those who have not yet received their expected refund for tax year 2019. Please click here for more information, and contact your tax preparer if you have questions.

Uplift Podcast

The Unseen Yet Ever Present Hand of God, Part 3 by Allen Mercer

The Unseen Yet Ever Present Hand of God, Part 4 by Allen Mercer

Take Your Burden to God and Trust Him With It by Chad Estep

The Importance of Prayer by Chad Estep

Dates to Know

April 1 – February Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 1 – March Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 10-14 – Family Fellowship Week in Asheboro, NC

May 1 – March Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

May 1 – April Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

Updated Policy on Designated Funds

The Executive Board adopted the following policy for handling designated funds. They recognized you faced hardship and a challenge when designated gifts arrived at the missions agency, which were unsolicited and unexpected.

Here is the new policy for handling designated funds:

• • • Unsolicited Designated Funds: When a donor sends a designated unsolicited gift, we will process the gift as a regular gift. We will process the gift as unrestricted funds.
    • Solicited Designated Funds: We will follow donor intent when a missionary solicits funds for a project. All solicited projects need to be approved by the Executive Board. This agency has complete control of the donated funds and discretion regarding their use.

Reminders:

• • • We will make you aware of designations in the memo field of your support list.
    • We can only accept designated funds for WWNTBM missionaries.
    • We cannot receive funds designated as “national support” or funds designated as gifts for adult children of our missionaries (age 18 and older).

Tax Filing Information

The deadline this year to file taxes for most taxpayers is Tuesday, April 18. If you have not yet contacted your tax preparer about filing your taxes, you need to do so as soon as possible. Failure to file on time, even if you are unable to pay on time, can result in additional penalties and interest. Individuals can receive an extension of the filing deadline, but please note that if taxes are owed, interest on those payments will begin as of April 18 even if you are not required to file until later in the year. All missionaries with WWNTBM are responsible to file their own taxes. If the office can assist in providing paperwork to your preparer on your behalf, please let us know.

Financial Status Report

We will upload a Financial Status Report to your SecureCloud account in coming days, showing figures for the first quarter of 2023. This is meant to show you the financial details that we have on file, such as your support estimate and the average amount of support you received this past quarter. This is information we provide to pastors who may call about your ministry. We ask that all missionaries update their support estimate once every four years, or as their lives and ministries change. Please review this information and contact us if you have any questions.

New Baby!

Juliana Clare Duarte was born on March 24, 2023. Juliana is the second daughter of Jed and Gloria Duarte, and joins her older sister Eliana, who is 5. The Duartes are missionaries in Brazil.

Uplift Podcast

The Unseen Yet Ever Present Hand of God: Part 1 by Allen Mercer

The Unseen Yet Ever Present Hand of God, Part 2 by Allen Mercer

Dates to Know

March 1 – January Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

March 1 – February Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 1 – February Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 1 – March Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 10-14 – Family Fellowship Week in Asheboro, NC

Changes in Ministry and your Financial Reports

Changes in ministry can affect the typical expenses you list on your reports from month to month. For instance, someone on deputation will primarily have travel expenses, while someone on the field may have more costs related to renting a building or purchasing nursery snacks and Sunday School supplies. Someone coming home on furlough will be dealing with meal allowances and lodging costs they don’t usually see when on the field, and may be using a borrowed vehicle, which must be recorded differently from a vehicle they own. We suggest that you click here to review our checklist of commonly overlooked expenses, to be sure you are claiming all allowable deductions. If you have questions about your financial reports, please contact our office.

Family Fellowship Week

Family Fellowship Week is about three things. It is about gathering as a Missions family. It is about fellowship with God’s choice servants. It is about continuing to do what brought us this far as a missions agency. Our theme for Family Fellowship Week 2023 is Hope! God reminds us in Scripture of our hope in Him, the Gospel, the Faith, and His return.

Please pray with us that those attending will be encouraged and strengthened to continue in their ministries during this week.

New Missionaries!

Morgan Dickens was recently approved as an associate missionary with World Wide. Morgan is the son of our missionaries Joel and Cynthia Dickens, and has grown up on the field of Brazil. Morgan is sent out of the Roanoke Island Baptist Church of Manteo, NC, with Pastor Scott Baxley. His desire is to assist another missionary in Brazil to establish a ministry training facility. He will work in this new training center for two years as he seeks God’s will for his future.

Cody Carden was recently approved as an associate missionary with World Wide. Cody is a missions student at Ambassador Baptist College. He is from the McLeansville Baptist Church in McLeansville, NC, with Pastor Michael Barnette. Cody is completing his college internship with WWNTBM this summer, and will be assisting in our See The Harvest trip to Scotland, as well as traveling with Bro. O’Malley to meetings in the US and Mexico.

Uplift Podcast

Prayer by Pastor Gene Krachenfels

Motives of Prayer, Part 1: Adoration by Pastor Gene Krachenfels

Motives of Prayer, Part 2: Appreciation by Pastor Gene Krachenfels

Motives of Prayer, Part 3: Compassion by Gene Krachenfels

Motives of Prayer, Part 4: Direction by Pastor Gene Krachenfels

Motives of Prayer, Part 5: Provision by Pastor Gene Krachenfels

Motives of Prayer, Part 6: Sanctification by Pastor Gene Krachenfels

Important Dates to Know

February 1 – 1099 Forms and other tax documentation for the 2022 tax year will be available on Secure Cloud.

February 1 – January Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

March 1 – January Financial Reports will be due for US Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

March 1 – February Financial Reports will be due for Non-Resident Missionaries. This includes FNPO Reports for those with Foreign Non-Profit Organizations.

April 11-14 – Family Fellowship Week in Asheboro, NC

New Excel Templates for Financial Reports

A new Excel template for the year 2023 will be available on February 15. This will give us time to review the need for any possible updates. January financial reports for US Missionaries will be due on March 1. Should you wish to complete your January report before the new template is available, you are welcome to submit it on the 2022 template. However, starting with the February report please be sure to use the new template.

Financial Status Report

We have uploaded a Financial Status Report to your SecureCloud account showing figures for the fourth quarter of 2022. This is meant to show you the financial details that we have on file, such as your support estimate and the average amount of support you received this past quarter. This is the information we provide to pastors who may call about your ministry. We ask that all missionaries update their support estimate once every four years, or as their lives and ministries change. Please review this information and contact us if you have any questions.

Benefits of Financial Reports for US Citizens

The Monthly Financial Report (MFR) is the tool that US Citizen Missionaries can use to become accountable to WWNTBM for their reimbursable expenses, rather than having all funds listed as personal earnings. Over the course of 2022, 77% of those eligible chose to submit MFRs. By doing so, they were able to reduce their 1099 Personal Earnings by a combined average of 21.77%. If you are not currently utilizing MFRs and would like information about how to begin, please contact our office.

IRS Information For the 2023 Tax Season

The IRS has issued several notices about this year’s tax season. Several changes in particular this year affect the Child Tax Credit (CTC), Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), and the Child and Dependent Care Credit. It is possible many tax preparers will receive a significantly smaller refund this year, as these credits return to pre-Covid levels. Please click here to view the information from the IRS.

We encourage all missionaries who are subject to US Taxes to contact your tax preparer and begin the filing process as soon as possible.

Preparing and Filing Taxes for US Missionaries

Please note that, while our Office Staff is familiar with many of the IRS regulations that affect missionaries, we are not authorities on the subject. We will attempt to assist our missionaries in any way possible; however, questions which are beyond the scope of your missions status are best directed to a tax professional.

We will provide you with the following information at the end of January. Please watch for emails in coming days with details on how and when this will be distributed. You may wish to submit this to your tax preparer:

• A copy of your 1099
• A year-to-date Summary of the MFR information that you have submitted to the Office. This can be especially helpful if you have completed Categories 17-22, as many of those categories can affect your personal taxes. This will show your Personal Earnings Calculations for the year, as well as Housing Allowance information and details of Estimate Taxes we may have submitted for you during the year. There may also be notices on this document specifically for you and your tax preparer about any situations we are aware that may impact your tax filing.

You should also provide your tax preparer with the following:

• List of the dates that you were in the US vs. out of the country during the year.
• Details of any Housing Expenses, to be used in addition to the Approved Housing Allowance for completing Worksheet 1 of IRS Publication 517.
• Information on any retirement plans that you may have contributed to during the year, or that you have received a distribution from during the year.
• Names and Social Security Numbers of all family members.
• Names and dates of any family births or deaths (children and spouses), as well as whether you were married during the year.
• US Treasury Department regulations require that if you have any foreign bank accounts, and if the sum total of all of your foreign accounts has ever been $10,000 or more at any time during the year, you should fill out a TD-F90-22.1 Form. Further information is available on the IRS website at www.irs.gov.
• You may also need to complete Form 8938, which deals with foreign assets.
• If you participated in the Healthcare Marketplace, you will need to provide your tax preparer with Form 1095-A.

New Logo

We are excited to announce that we have a new logo available for use for your prayer cards and presentations. The digital files in several variations are available on SecureCloud under Files Shared With You in the folder named WW Logo for Prayer Cards and Presentations.

Ongoing Covid Testing and Vaccine Requirements for Travel

Please be aware that every country continues to update Covid protocols for international travel. While restrictions have eased in some locations, others continue to require testing and/or vaccines. Please be sure to remain well informed on current restrictions when planning international travel. The Center for Disease Control website includes the most current information on travel to and from the US. Other countries will typically list information on their Embassy websites.

New Baby

Jillian Rose Town was born January 26. She weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces and was 21 1/2 inches long. Jillian is the daughter of Josh and Joanna Town. She joins older siblings Julianna (11), Jayla (9), Jennifer (6), Joshua (5), Jeremiah (3), and Joy (1). The Towns minister to the Muslim population in the city of Philadelphia.

Uplift Podcast

The Imminent Return of Jesus Christ – Part 3 by Allen Mercer

Life’s Greatest Hope, Part 1 by Allen Mercer

Life’s Greatest Hope, Part 2 by Allen Mercer

What Can I Do For God? by Chad Estep