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


Giving tangible help to a dying world: Brennan and Isabel Andrews
Isabel Andrews was approached by Moises, one of her Togolese national partners and a church planter. He knew she was a physician’s...
Brennan and Isabel Andrews
Aug 7, 20232 min read


Women’s Harvest Retreat October 13-15
GARDEN CITY – I just got back from a popular music festival called “Alive” in Ohio I have attended almost every year since 2008. For most...
Mickey Gross
Aug 4, 20233 min read


God is at work in Frankfurt
PORT AUSTIN – 0.1%... That is the estimated percentage of evangelical believers in Frankfurt, Germany. Let that sink in for a moment. A...
Michael Goforth
Aug 4, 20233 min read


Dear God: Why?
MONROE – The question so many followers of Christ ask themselves, yet a question that we like to think does not exist: God, why? If there...
Matt Foley
Aug 4, 20233 min read


Shecks in the UK
BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND – Kevin and Keri Sheckler have been reaching Africans and others with the IMB for 10 years. They started by serving...
Baptist Beacon
Aug 4, 20231 min read


I don't want to ever grow up
PLYMOUTH – I have often thought about Jesus’ words; "Verily I say unto you, whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little...
Tim Patterson
Aug 4, 20233 min read


Arabic church impacts many
PLYMOUTH – One Arabic church sets the stage to create three new Michigan churches. Pastor Amgad Beshai of Evangel Baptist Church of Troy,...
Tony Lynn
Aug 4, 20233 min read


Put your hope in God
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – When I was a young pastor, I confided in a dear saint who attended our church. Retired, traditional beyond measure,...
Garth Leno
Aug 4, 20234 min read


The day my dad got saved... in his own words
TECUMSEH – On July 7, 1992, my dad went to Heaven. A few years later, my mom found a note he wrote hidden in some of his stuff. It was a...
Greg Burdine
Aug 4, 20233 min read


How one church got smaller, leaner, more effective
INDEPENDENCE, MO (BP) – Ten years ago Brian Grout accepted a call to be the pastor for what would soon become The Church at Three Trails....
Scott Barkley
Aug 4, 20233 min read


Prayer needed for Cubans ready to go to the nations
Cuban Baptists are poised to go to the nations. International Mission Board teams are eager to receive these missionary candidates as...
Myriah Snyder
Aug 4, 20233 min read


Teen gender transitions hit roadblocks in Europe
NASHVILLE (BP) – European nations and scientific professional societies are rethinking the wisdom of adolescent gender transitions. “The...
David Roach
Aug 4, 20234 min read


Health concerns related to Ohio train derailment remain months later
EAST PALESTINE, OH (BP) – Joe Sheely had a doctor’s appointment yesterday. It was for previous issues, such as a hernia. But he also...
Scott Barkley
Aug 4, 20234 min read


Puerto Rican Baptists brace for hurricane season
As we enter the Atlantic hurricane season, Southern Baptists are intentionally preparing at-risk communities to navigate the perils of...
Natalie Sarrett
Aug 4, 20232 min read


Puerto Rico convention ‘a demonstration of what Southern Baptists can do’ together
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (BP) – Southern Baptists have hidden treasure in the Caribbean: the Convención de Iglesias Bautistas del Sur de...
David Roach
Aug 4, 20233 min read


Pastors report feeling more loneliness, less support, Barna finds
NASHVILLE (BP) – A growing percentage of Protestant pastors report experiencing increased feelings of loneliness and isolation, while...
Timothy Cockes
Aug 4, 20232 min read


Churchgoers less familiar than pastors with deconstruction, more likely to see it in their pews
BRENTWOOD, TN (BP) – Many churchgoers are not familiar with the term “deconstruction,” but if they are, they’ve likely seen it within the...
Marissa Postell Sullivan
Aug 4, 20234 min read


God’s undivided attention
ANN ARBOR – One of the core memories that I have of my dad was a phone call. I have no memory of what the phone call was about, but what...
David Livingston
Jul 3, 20234 min read


First-Person: Addressing the four major gaps in student ministry
There are usually two types of people when it comes to setting the alarm to wake up in the morning. Person number one (this is me) – sets...
Shane Pruitt
Jul 3, 20234 min read


Hundreds of thousands flee, but God has not left Sudan
War, conquest, colonization, coups and dictators — Sudan’s history runs red. Blood flows now, leaving a trail behind the men, women and...
Tessa Sanchez
Jul 3, 20233 min read
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