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


LifeWay to focus on digital retail, close brick-and-mortar stores
NASHVILLE, TN – LifeWay Christian Resources is charting a new course in 2019 marking a strategic shift of resources to a dynamic digital...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 21, 20192 min read


New book based on LifeWay Research shows VBS is ‘Worth It’
NASHVILLE, TN – Many of today’s American adults have fond memories of Vacation Bible School (VBS). Memories range from Bible stories and...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 13, 20193 min read


2019 Annie Armstrong Easter Offering
FENTON, MI – Southern Baptists have generously supported the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® for North American missions since 1933....
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20192 min read


Sex abuse prevention tops SBC Exec. Comm. agenda
EDITOR'S NOTE: BSCM Family, In recent days much has been disseminated in the media concerning sexual abuse in some Southern Baptist...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20197 min read


10 calls to action for Southern Baptists on sexual abuse
NASHVILLE, TN – The Houston Chronicle recently published a series of articles related to sexual abuse and the Southern Baptist...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20194 min read


First-Person: Prayer moves the arm that moves the world
EDITOR'S NOTE: March 3-10 is the Southern Baptist Convention's Week of Prayer and Mission Study for North American Missions and the Annie...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20194 min read


How to stay motivated in 2019
BRENTWOOD, MI – Did you know that by the middle of February, 80 percent of people give up on their New Year’s resolutions? As a certified...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20193 min read


Unforeseen joy, as a pastor’s wife
DURHAM, NC (BP) – It is unquestioned among the women I know: Being in the ministry is hard. And let me say up front, clearly, that I am...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20194 min read


What does God want from us?
BURTON, MI – Serving as a Pastor has many joys. There is no greater joy that I have experienced in my 20 years of ministry work than to...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20193 min read


Westside Church hosts the ‘Night to Shine’ prom
FLUSHING, MI – Westside Church hit a milestone of their history on February 8,2019. It was a night when more than 200 volunteers gathered...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20192 min read


“Night to Shine” in Lansing
LANSING, MI – It was definitely a “Night to Shine” for more than 30 special needs guests, and family and friends. A “PROM” to remember;...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20192 min read


BSCM offers Ministry Safe training for free
FENTON, MI – Recent reports about sexual abuse in Southern Baptist Churches by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express were heart...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20193 min read


SEND Detroit Update - February 2019
2019 so far... ... two new churches launched in Detroit. ...17 planting families enjoyed retreat and refreshing at Great Wolf Lodge ... 3...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20192 min read


Most pastors want an end to illegal immigration
NASHVILLE, TN – As U.S. lawmakers continue to debate the best approach to illegal immigration, most Protestant pastors say the solution...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20194 min read


Hope floats
FENTON, MI – Lake Amistad is a large lake that in some places straddles the Mexico and United States borders. The dam that stopped and...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20193 min read


Protecting the vulnerable
FENTON, MI – I was naïve during most of my childhood. I thought friends and family only did good things for one another. I was wrong....
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20193 min read


BSCM offers Ministry Safe training for free
FENTON, MI – Recent reports about sexual abuse in Southern Baptist Churches by the Houston Chronicle and San Antonio Express were heart...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20193 min read


Such is life
ROSCOMMON, MI – Here at Bambi we have been covered up with the white stuff for what seems like forever. When spring breaks through...
Baptist Beacon
Mar 1, 20193 min read


MI SBDR Volunteer honored at banquet
Michigan Baptist Convention disaster relief volunteer, Win Williams (far left) of First Baptist Church of Brighton, Mich., received the...
Baptist Beacon
Feb 5, 20191 min read


Breaking down walls, Detroit Baptists honor MLK
DETROIT, MI (BP) – Not far from Eight Mile Road, a historic racial dividing line in Detroit, more than 100 diverse Southern Baptist...
Baptist Beacon
Feb 1, 20194 min read
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