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


What are you laying aside in 2021?
by Dr. Michele White INKSTER, MI – Two years ago, God allowed me to experience a milestone birthday. The big 5-0! Since my birthday was...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20213 min read


Christmas shoe boxes
by Stan Parker LANSING, MI – The Michigan African American Fellowship (MAAF) joined forces with Samaritan's Purse to participate in...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20212 min read


Six pastors in four months
by Harold Raymond DUNDEE, MI – If you ever wondered how God calls people into a new ministry, here’s one example. Late one Saturday,...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20213 min read


How Would You Rate 2020?
by Billy Walker SOUTHGATE, MI – If you rated the past year of 2020 - on a scale of 1 (being the worst year ever) to 10 (it was covered...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20214 min read


Michigan Disaster Relief
by Bob Kiger PLYMOUTH, MI – Bob Kiger, Michigan Disaster Relief Director, was asked about both his 2021 vision for Disaster Relief (DR)...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20214 min read


Laundry ministry is labor of love for WMU volunteers
by Trennis Henderson LUMBERTON, NC – Washing piles of muddy clothes and cleaning bathrooms may not sound like the most glamorous missions...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20215 min read


NAMB keeps mission moving forward during year of challenges
by NAMB staff ALPHARETTA, GA – With nearly every aspect of life and ministry impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the North...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20214 min read


Send Relief announced joint IMB, NAMB ahead of making worldwide impact in 2020
by Brandon Elrod ALPHARETTA, GA (BP) – Send Relief began 2020 with the historic announcement that the North American Mission Board (NAMB)...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20214 min read


Here for the long haul: Missionaries stay committed to difficult field
by Meredith Flynn UGANDA – When the COVID-19 pandemic shut down much of the world, residents of remote islands in Lake Victoria got the...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20214 min read


LifeWay donates nearly 30,000 Spanish Bibles to struggling Venezuelan communities
by Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, TN – Somewhere in a Venezuelan prison, *Luis, a 26-year-old inmate, recently received new life after placing...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20213 min read


Group of Southern Baptists opposes those who ‘distract’ from racial reconciliation
by Scott Barkley NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Citing “recent events [that] have left many brothers and sisters of color feeling betrayed and...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20214 min read


SBC entities see God’s faithfulness in difficult year
by BP Staff NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Virtually nothing was left untouched by the interruptions and dangers caused by the COVID-19 global...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 202112 min read


Asking for directions
by Tim Patterson PLYMOUTH, MI – One day during this past crazy year, Sabrina said, “I feel like I am trapped in the Bill Murray movie,...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20213 min read


On-the-job-training in church
by Tony Lynn Sitting with a family and their loved one in Hospice care Leading a small group Bible study Sharing the Good News of Christ...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20214 min read


An example of prayer
by Mike Durbin PLYMOUTH, MI - Jesus lived a life of prayer. We see Him praying over and over again in the Gospels, especially before...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20213 min read


Good news, great joy, for all people!
by Mick Schatz ROSCOMMON, MI – Greetings from Bambi Lake Retreat and Conference Center and Merry Christmas! As I am writing, the snow is...
Baptist Beacon
Jan 4, 20213 min read


Disconnect and reconnect this Christmas
by Dave Hiser BELLAIRE, MI – Going back in time when the internet was a dial phone, hanging on a wall or sitting on a counter with phone...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 10, 20202 min read


“Punching Holes in the Darkness” sits down with IMB president
by Staff PLYMOUTH, MI – Tim Patterson sits down with International Mission Board (IMB) President Paul Chitwood in a December episode of...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 1, 20201 min read


A refreshed strategy
by Michael Guyer ANN ARBOR, MI – When COVID-19 hit and swept across the nation, we scrambled to move services online and pressed pause on...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 1, 20206 min read


God's clear plan
by Jeff Glover BURTON, MI – As I think about Christmas 2020, I see only potential. Events in this world are unfolding and it is no...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 1, 20203 min read
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