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


Just preach Jesus
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – A few years ago, I read an article on The Gospel Coalition website. It was about preaching at Christmas, and I was in...
Garth Leno
Dec 1, 20233 min read


Worth celebrating
ROSEVILLE – Sometime in the summer I start planning the layout of my train (now trains) and village display that I set up under and...
Bob Johnson
Dec 1, 20233 min read


Christmas birth announcements
LANSING – Perhaps one of the most unique gifts I have ever received was from one of my dad’s elder sisters. She handed me an envelope...
Joshua Diaz
Dec 1, 20233 min read


What do you treasure this season?
SHELBY TOWNSHIP – We are in the midst of the crazy and busy Christmas season. It seems as if time speeds up from November 1st to January...
Karen Blanchard
Dec 1, 20233 min read


Jesus is the reason for the season
DETROIT – As the Christmas season swiftly approaches I must confess since a child I’ve always anticipated this season. To be frank I...
David Clark
Dec 1, 20234 min read


Our hope is more than Christmas
WESTLAND – I have always loved Christmas! It’s always been a magical time full of twinkly lights, family traditions, familiar...
Claire Carty
Dec 1, 20234 min read


With us
ADRIAN – Looking towards the holidays, excitement, and anticipation build. It’s not the gifts or all the trappings that bring these...
Nathan Sharpe
Dec 1, 20233 min read


The life-saving legacy of the Psalm 139 Project
A powerful, though often overlooked method for helping protect preborn life is to provide a woman in an unplanned pregnancy a “window”...
ERLC Staff
Dec 1, 20233 min read


‘International member care’ helps churches stay connected to missionaries
HELEN, GA (BP) – Missionaries are rightly celebrated and honored prior to leaving for the field. However, the challenges of settling into...
Scott Barkley
Dec 1, 20233 min read


Proven leader shares wisdom in reaching Native Americans
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK (BP) – SBC Statesman Emerson Falls has developed a missiological strategy for reaching Native Americans with God’s...
Karen L. Willoughby
Dec 1, 20234 min read


Christians in Sudan may face Sharia law as oppression overtakes Sahel
KHARTOUM, SUDAN (BP) – A return to Sharia Law might be in store for Sudan as civil war nears its 10th month there, the U.S. Commission on...
Diana Chandler
Dec 1, 20233 min read


ERLC urges rescindment of proposed LGBTQ+ foster care regulation
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission has released a letter urging the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Timothy Cockes
Dec 1, 20234 min read


BSCM Annual Meeting: Patterson announces retirement date, Bambi sale postponed
PLYMOUTH – Executive Director-Treasurer, Tim Patterson, of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan (BSCM) publicly announced his...
Tony Lynn
Nov 13, 20233 min read


Gravy and gratitude
EATON RAPIDS – On Thanksgiving day of 2020, I cooked my first turkey. I spent the night before seasoning the turkey, injecting it with...
Chris Ridler
Nov 1, 20233 min read


When the idea of discipling another woman stresses you out
ANN ARBOR – “There is no way I am qualified for that.” “What in the world would I do or say?” “What if she saw the mess of my life?”...
Emily Guyer
Nov 1, 20236 min read


‘Value of belonging’ at CP-fueled retreat for Black pastors
ASHEVILLE, NC (BP) – For Charles Owusu, founding pastor of the Ghanaian majority Word of Life Baptist Church in Lithia Springs, Ga., the...
Diana Chandler
Nov 1, 20233 min read


Never too late: A new purpose on mission field for 70-year-old woman
BARDSTOWN, KY (KT) – When Sue Foster’s husband died two years ago, she lost more than her best friend. She lost her purpose. Len Foster...
Mark Maynard
Nov 1, 20234 min read


Thankful, grateful and blessed
PLYMOUTH – I am truly a creature of habit. Each morning after I rise, I make my way to my basement man cave where I shower, shave,...
Tim Patterson
Nov 1, 20234 min read


Cigarettes to gratitude
PLYMOUTH – Many of us have similar Thanksgiving traditions that can be worshipful. After scanning the four family-centered rituals, would...
Tony Lynn
Nov 1, 20238 min read


Pray for God’s bold strength
“For this reason, I bow my knees before the Father, from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name, that He would grant...
Mike Durbin
Nov 1, 20233 min read
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