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Newsjournal of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan | January 2025 | Volume 69, Number 1


Our calendar has built-in opportunities for alignment
ADRIAN – Have you ever considered that our modern calendar has built-in opportunities for alignment? It is a good chance that your answer...
Chris Peoples
Jan 2, 20243 min read


A life and vision to glorify God
DETROIT – On December 4, 2023, Pastor Rochelle Davis, Jr. had completed his earthly assignment and was welcomed into the heavenly...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 2, 20242 min read


A mighty oak has fallen
PLYMOUTH – In recent days a massive winter storm moved up the East Coast leaving in its wake incredible damage from the result of...
Tim Patterson
Jan 2, 20243 min read


Someone’s finish is someone else’s start
PLYMOUTH – Someone’s finish is someone else’s start. Please, repeat that first sentence aloud a few times. Someone’s finish is someone...
Tony Lynn
Jan 2, 20245 min read


God is with us
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Christmas is over and the New Year has dawned. We took down the tree, put the ornaments away, stored the Mikasa...
Garth Leno
Jan 2, 20243 min read


Your best year ever
ADRIAN – Do you want 2024 to be your best year ever? There is one thing you can do right now and the better you keep it the better year...
Greg Burdine
Jan 2, 20243 min read


We serve a God of endless chances!
INKSTER – 2023 was a difficult year for me personally. I’m sure some of you may relate and maybe you’ve often found yourself entangled in...
LaShonna Hitchins
Jan 2, 20242 min read


May we see greater things
MIDLAND – This past year, I’ve had the privilege to partner with Send Network to plant Damascus Church in Midland. What a ride it has...
Nathan Yurgaites
Jan 2, 20243 min read


A new beginning
TAYLOR – In September of 1990, my wife and I, together with our five children ages from three to eleven, left the Philippines to start a...
Roberto Santos
Jan 2, 20243 min read


The goodness of God
BELLEVILLE – As a Pastor’s wife, I want you to know that God’s goodness is evident throughout your lifetime whether everything is going...
Nancy Tanap
Jan 2, 20243 min read


Spread of Gospel at stake in Russia’s war on Ukraine, Baptist leader there says
KYIV, UKRAINE (BP) – Christians in the U.S. should remember the spiritual dimensions of Russia’s war on Ukraine, especially as military...
Diana Chandler
Jan 2, 20243 min read


ERLC signs letter urging religious liberty in Nigeria
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) recently joined several human rights organizations and religious...
Timothy Cockes
Jan 2, 20244 min read


Street evangelism works in East Asian megacity
“Street evangelism just doesn’t work here.” That’s what Markus Feirer was told by members of the church he was training in evangelism....
Myriah Snyder
Jan 2, 20243 min read


‘Never seen it like this’: El Paso churches continue ministry amid crowds of migrants
EL PASO, TX (BP) – Southern Baptists are joining other groups here to respond to large numbers of migrants that can quickly and easily...
Scott Barkley
Dec 19, 20232 min read


The most miserable time of the year
CLINTON TOWNSHIP – Christmas is often hailed as the most wonderful time of the year. However, for many, the season is far from joyful....
Art Werry
Dec 1, 20233 min read


John Newton’s Amazing Grace maintains eclectic appeal at 250 years
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Folk singer Arlo Guthrie sang it at Woodstock. Pop star Rod Stewart recorded it in 1971. Crowd-surfing is rampant as...
Diana Chandler
Dec 1, 20235 min read


What does caring for others truly mean?
SOUTH LYON – Looking back on life, I can’t really remember how Tim and I became friends. I do remember a very unkind voice message that...
Randy Weaks
Dec 1, 20235 min read


Churches sharing the Gospel, planting seeds as holidays approach
BOSTON, MA (BP) – In the nearly four centuries since its founding as America’s first park, Boston Common has witnessed some of the most...
Tobin Perry
Dec 1, 20233 min read


Bubble lights
PLYMOUTH – Over the past few weeks, I have been retrieving “Christmas Tubs” from the basement in order that Sabrina may begin her annual...
Tim Patterson
Dec 1, 20235 min read


Night Before Christmas: A debate
PLYMOUTH – In 1822, Professor Clement Clark Moore, a family man and biblical scholar wrote the poem, “Twas the Night Before Christmas,”...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 1, 20233 min read
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