MMBB LAUNCHES CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT ABCUSA BIENNIAL

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Date Tue, 21 Jun 2011 14:25:12 -0400 (EDT)

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MMBB LAUNCHES CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION AT ABCUSA BIENNIAL

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact:

Harold Leibovitz - 212-870-8053 or harold.leibovitz@mmbb.org

NEW YORK, NY, June 21, 2011 ? At its 1911 meeting in Philadelphia, the No 
rthern Baptist Convention passed a resolution creating an organization ?t o 
promote interest in the better maintenance of the ministry.? One hundre d years 
later, that organization, The Ministers and Missionaries Benefit Bo ard (MMBB), 
proudly launches its centennial celebration at the biennial mee ting of the 
American Baptist Churches USA, the predecessor of the Northern  Baptist 
Convention.

?It is only fitting that we begin MMBB?s centennial activities at the A BCUSA 
biennial,? commented Rev. Dr. George Tooze, president of MMBB?s b oard of 
managers. ?It?s only through the visionary leadership of our fo unders and 
continuous support of the ABC that MMBB is here today.?

Areas where MMBB received critical support from the ABCUSA and its predeces 
sors include:
Organizing a grassroots campaign to raise sufficient funds to build a self- 
sustaining financial services organization beginning in 1911.
Authorizing MMBB to establish one of the first defined benefit retirement p 
lans in America in 1920.
Engaging a broad range of denomination resources to support a major member  
recruitment campaign from 1941-43.
Reinforcing MMBB?s devotion to human rights in the 1960s and 1970s.
Committing visionary leadership to guide MMBB that continues to the present  
day.
?Organizations that prosper over 100 years succeed because they stay true  to 
their enduring values,? MMBB executive director Rev. Dr. Sumner M. Gr ant 
stated. ?So it is with MMBB. Three principles are at the heart of MMB B?s 
longevity?generosity, justice and passion. Our partnership with ABC USA has 
helped us bring these values to bear in good times and bad and has  enabled 
MMBB to secure the future of thousands of churches, faith-based org anizations 
and their staff.?

Notes for Editors:

1. MMBB (www.mmbb.org) is a church-based financial services organization pr 
omoting the better maintenance of the ministry by providing and administeri ng 
retirement investment benefits and life, disability and health insurance  for 
churches and faith-based organizations.
2. Founded in 1911, MMBB manages more than $2 billion in assets for the ben 
efit of its members and their dependents.

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