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


Biblical math and a broken heart
HUDSONVILLE – The way the Bible does math doesn’t make sense! How does 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish feed more than 5,000 people? There...
Luke Bilberry
Aug 29, 20244 min read


Women discover missional living is ‘better together’
M ichelle Chitwood tilted her head as she slowly looked around the courtyard. The wife of the International Mission Board president...
Sue Sprenkle
Aug 29, 20244 min read


Wanted: Bi-vocational church planters/pastors
PLYMOUTH – I am on the search for disciplined, driven, disciples of Jesus Christ who believe that starting a new church is the next...
Tony Lynn
Aug 29, 20245 min read


Building a legacy
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Legacy is a weighty word. The best definition the online dictionary gives for legacy is “the long-lasting impact...
Garth Leno
Aug 29, 20243 min read


A prayer for the school year
PLYMOUTH – Dear Lord of All, My heart is pulled to pray for all the children that are headed back to school for the new year. God, you...
Jamie Lynn
Aug 29, 20243 min read


A school prayer
Editor’s note: Anna has been treated for cancer this year. Pray for her to recover from surgery and the effects of chemo. Her latest...
Anna Carter
Aug 29, 20241 min read


10 findings about church and revitalization
It’s no secret that many churches—if not the majority—in North America need revitalization. Here are some summary findings of churches I...
Chuck Lawless
Aug 29, 20242 min read


First-Person: From surviving to thriving – 3 tips for Christian college students
There are many excellent articles and books written with the goal of helping Christian students survive the temptations of college life....
Paul Worcester
Aug 29, 20244 min read


Mexico Protestants march against forced displacement, church burning
OAXACA, MEXICO (BP) – The last Protestants in an indigenous Mexican community where Catholicism is the only religion allowed were forced...
Diana Chandler
Aug 29, 20243 min read


WMU’s Sybil Bentley Dove Award helps mother of three continue nursing journey
BIRMINGHAM, AL (SBC WMU) – Giselle Gonzalez-Rivera said she wondered if she was crazy going back to school in her late 30s with three...
Grace Thornton
Aug 29, 20242 min read


New Illinois abortion laws could be trouble for churches, ministries
SPRINGFIELD, IL (BP) – The Illinois General Assembly continues to find new ways to further enshrine abortion into law. Within the last...
Lisa Misner
Aug 29, 20244 min read


From prison cell to pulpit: Louisiana Baptist pastor named ‘Replanter of the Year’
MARRERO, LA (BP) – When Troy Gause sat in the small, one-person suicide watch cell – with no windows or light from the outside world –...
Tobin Perry
Aug 29, 20244 min read


St. Louis Baptist association seeks ‘the welfare of the city’
ST. LOUIS, MO (BP) – Darren Casper believes in missions. As the executive director of the St. Louis Metro Baptist Association (often...
Richard Nations
Aug 29, 20243 min read


Flint, Michigan’s Serve Tour: partnership and passion
FLINT – On August 9-10, Send Relief’s Serve Tour Flint overwhelmed the region with 606 volunteers from 49 churches from 10 states...
Tony Lynn
Aug 15, 20244 min read


Send Relief Serve Tour comes to Flint
FLINT – We had 49 churches from 10 states involved with Serve Flint with at least 41 salvations. We hosted a Serve Tour rally on...
Baptist Beacon
Aug 15, 20243 min read


Chapel Pointe launches ‘Family of Churches’ initiative
“And though a man might prevail against one who is alone, two will withstand him—a threefold cord is not quickly broken.” –Ecclesiastes...
Joel Wayne
Aug 15, 20243 min read


The effective prayer of a righteous person accomplishes much
BERKLEY – World news has been littered with hype about the recent “Wedding of the Year” as Anant Ambani, son of the richest man in Asia,...
Sonya Smith
Jul 31, 20245 min read


The Arabs and Uncle Sam’s country
TROY – America or Uncle Sam’s country as they like to call it in the Middle East for it’s a lot of people’s dream to enter and enjoy the...
Amgad Beshai
Jul 31, 20242 min read


Black Church conference helps leaders ‘Thrive’
RIDGECREST, NC (BP) – The annual Black Church Leadership and Family Conference (BCLFC) resembles the churches it aims to serve –...
Aaron Earls
Jul 31, 20244 min read


We need each other: A call to arms for women’s ministry in the church
PLYMOUTH – Have you ever had two hours change your life? Home on a college holiday break, I was invited by my mom to join her for an...
Samantha Baruzzini
Jul 31, 20248 min read
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