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


Milestone for Michigan Campers On Mission
by Cindy Truesdale ROSCOMMON, MI – After a year of hard work and prayers,Michigan Campers on Mission (MI COM) was officially organized....
Baptist Beacon
Oct 1, 20202 min read


First-Person: Change lives by helping children learn to read
by Sarah Bentley ATLANTA, GA (BP) – My husband and I live in East Atlanta among refugees. I taught at a school where all of my students...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 1, 20202 min read


Personal evangelism gets creative, overcomes coronavirus barriers
by David Roach/TEXAN AUSTIN, TX (BP) – COVID-19 may have impeded some traditional avenues of evangelism, but it hasn’t stopped the...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 1, 20204 min read


Most Evangelicals choose Trump over Biden, but clear divides exist
by Aaron Earls NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Evangelicals seem ready to cast their ballots in the 2020 election. Nine in 10 evangelicals by belief...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 1, 20206 min read


Slade calls churches to higher standard regarding sex abuse
by Diana Chandler EL CAJON, CA (BP) – It perplexes Pastor Rolland Slade that certain secular institutions have the good sense to strip...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 1, 20204 min read


Kentucky church experiences ‘move of God’ during pandemic
by Mark Maynard OWENSBORO, KY (BP) – Pleasant Grove Baptist Church stared down COVID-19 and never blinked. Oh, they respected the disease...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 1, 20203 min read


State Mission Offering: Ministering to those who minister to us
by Staff PLYMOUTH, MI – No one was spared the effects of Covid-19 and the following quarantine, and that includes the pastors who are...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20201 min read


Working in the mess
by Scott Statson FENTON, MI – God is working, no matter how chaotic His plans might seem to us. He is rescuing His people out of the...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20203 min read


Virtual town hall highlights the SBC’s diverse African American perspectives
by Diana Chandler FAIRFAX STATION, VA (BP) – New York Pastor Frank Williams sees in God’s pastoral call a broader application with the...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20205 min read


Five types of members who won’t return from the quarantine
by Thomas Ranier FRANKLIN, TN (BP) – It is one of the most common questions we get from church leaders: When will all the church members...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20202 min read


Team road trip
by Tony Lynn PLYMOUTH, MI – The Baptist State Convention of Michigan (BSCM) team went north during August. The five-day road trip for...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20203 min read


The power of unity
by Joel Wayne HUDSONVILLE, MI – Many leaders go to sleep in the evening feeling that they did well if they kept civility, much less...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20203 min read


State conventions work together for One Day women’s training event
by Tess Schoonhoven COLUMBIA, SC (BP) – In light of COVID-19, many Baptist state conventions have canceled onsite women’s training...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20202 min read


State Mission Offering: Pandemic relief
by Tim Patterson PLYMOUTH, MI – How can something so small cause such big problems? We can’t see it without the aid of specialized...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20203 min read


Life at Bambi Lake: God has been gracious
by Michael Ritchie ROSCOMMON, MI – I could see the frustration grow on the young man’s face. The 11-year boy named John was shooting a...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20203 min read


Wanted: 300 Champions of Prayer
by Tony Lynn PLYMOUTH, MI – Wanted: 300 champions of prayer. One per church. Male or female. Older teen to adult. Must have experience...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20203 min read


Dairy box give-away
by Mike Durbin PLYMOUTH, MI – “We sent the truck back empty!” Those were the words of Pastor Roland Caldwell about the Dairy Box...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20202 min read


Bambi Lake – past, present, future – God's got it!
by Mick Schatz ROSCOMMON, MI – What a ride! I have now been at Bambi Lake for 3 years and 5 months, and what a ride it has been! Trying...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20203 min read


Hope in things we’ll never see
by Gary Ledbetter GRAPEVINE, TX (BP) – What gives you hope? Our ultimate hope is eternal life in Christ, and that is the best answer to...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 2, 20203 min read
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