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


The coming year in Disaster Relief Ministry
by Bob Kiger PLYMOUTH, MI – Happy New Year! As we begin 2022, I would like to highlight some activities that Michigan Disaster Relief...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20222 min read


For those called to GO, IMB wants to send
by Myriah Snyder RICHMOND, VA – Jim works full time as an accountant in a global city. During his free time, he works with a missionary...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20225 min read


After Covid’s impact, how do we get worshipers back?
by Fran Trascritti SPRINGFIELD, IL – Covid has come. People have left. Attendance is down. So how do we get them back? This is one of the...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20222 min read


Old trucks and old people
by Tim Patterson PLYMOUTH, MI – As you may know, I tend to be drawn to nostalgia. A hundred new automobiles can pass me on the freeway,...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20225 min read


Baby steps, big achievements
by Dr. Tony L Lynn PLYMOUTH, MI – Set some giant goals only to fail? I have too! Make you mad? Make you sad? Make you stop reaching for...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20225 min read


Words create worlds
by Mike Durbin PLYMOUTH, MI – “Words create worlds!” Though the author of this powerful statement is unknown to me, I couldn’t agree...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20223 min read


A resolution really worth doing
by Coye Bouyer LANSING, MI – Calibration is defined as an association between measurements – one of a scale or accuracy made or set with...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20223 min read


Grace has overcome
by MIck Schatz ROSCOMMON, MI – Happy New Year from Bambi Lake! We anticipate 2022 being exciting as we witness God using Bambi Lake in...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20223 min read


NAMB sees record giving, church planting success in 2021
by Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, GA – Despite another year of uncertainty and challenges connected to the pandemic, Southern Baptists rallied...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20224 min read


Vance Pitman to lead NAMB’s Send Network
by NAMB Communications Staff ALPHARETTA, GA – Vance Pitman, who planted Hope Church Las Vegas in 2000 and pastored there 21 years, will...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20222 min read


What are you doing in Nana’s chair?
by Sue Hodnett CLINTON TOWNSHIP, MI – I peeked around the corner to make sure Logan was still playing safely as I prepared his lunch. He...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20223 min read


God has been gracious
by Michael L. Ritchie ROSCOMMON, MI – It has been more than a year since I have shared an article, Life at Bambi Lake: God has been...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20223 min read


Looking past fire and ash, a reminder of what’s important
by Scott Barkley LOUISVILLE, CO (BP) – Linda Hinkle didn’t get her “one more time” into the house. On Dec. 30, winds in excess of 100 mph...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20223 min read


Michigan Campers on Mission - January 2022 update
by Rick and Cindy Truesdail Happy New Year, MI COMers! We survived 2021! It has been a tough year for many of us, but Praise God, He has...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20227 min read


How to make New Year’s resolutions
by David Roach NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Resolutions have yielded a mixed bag of successes and flops over the course of Christian history. A...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 5, 20224 min read


News from the Wild West
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Occasionally the WestSide of Grand Rapids is referred to as the "Wild West." Things happen in this neighborhood as a...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 13, 20212 min read


Review & refresh: Women’s Ministry update
by Mickey Gross GARDEN CITY, MI – In October, one-hundred fifty women gathered to participate in the ‘Love God, Love Others’ Harvest...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 13, 20213 min read


Week of Prayer: Missionaries welcome efforts to push back darkness
by IMB staff EDITOR’S NOTE: This year’s Week of Prayer for International Missions in the Southern Baptist Convention is Nov. 28-Dec. 5,...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 2, 20212 min read


“A hope deferred”; Jesus is coming
by Tristan Clark GWINN, MI – “Do not be afraid,” the angel had told them, that fateful night in the fields. But how could they not fear;...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 2, 20213 min read


No shortage on Christmas’ best gift
by Danisse Abberger ZEELAND, MI – I love nothing more than to open up my Instagram page and watch the stories and posts of my favorite...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 2, 20213 min read
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