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


God chooses us
EASTPOINTE – I was raised on the lower eastside of Detroit. My family was large with eight kids plus my mom and dad. Every Sunday my mom...
Neida Popkey
Jul 1, 20243 min read


Leading women well
SHELBY TOWNSHIP – I am the women’s ministry leader at Lakepointe Church and God put it on my heart a few years ago to build a team to...
Karen Blanchard
Jul 1, 20244 min read


The best adventure
STERLING HEIGHTS – When I think of my salvation story, I remember the most important times during my life that make up my testimony, but...
Megan Line
Jul 1, 20243 min read


My journey to Christ
BROWNSTOWN – Whenever I meet a fellow Christian, I like to hear about their journey with Christ. It inspires me to hear how God leads...
JoLinda Russell
Jul 1, 20243 min read


Some churches partner with pregnancy centers after Roe v. Wade reversal
BRENTWOOD, TN – Two years ago, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and the right to an abortion. In the aftermath, many churchgoers...
Aaron Earls
Jul 1, 20246 min read


5 quick tips for VBS follow-up
BRENTWOOD, TN – The days and weeks immediately following VBS are the most crucial for outreach. But so often this critical element seems...
Melita Thomas
Jul 1, 20244 min read


Churchgoers believe public perception of Christians is declining in the U.S.
BRENTWOOD, TN (BP) – Most churchgoers believe Christians have a good reputation with Americans in general, but they worry those feelings...
Aaron Earls
Jul 1, 20245 min read


Distribution of ‘Essentials’ curriculum reaching thousands of churches … and counting
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Late last Wednesday afternoon (June 12), the gavel dropped at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis and thus...
Scott Barkley
Jul 1, 20243 min read


Is this my court?
BURTON – I want to be better. At 6’3” it is a shame that the only post I’m going to be playing on a basketball team is the kind that...
Jerome Taylor
Jun 3, 20243 min read


As annual meeting approaches, ‘pastor’ amendment opinions abound
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (BP) – Messengers to the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting are being asked to weigh in a second time on whether to add to the SBC...
Scott Barkley
Jun 3, 20249 min read


Healthy church planted
ROSEVILLE – From 1928 to 1934 the Portsmouth Spartans were a professional football team in Portsmouth, Ohio (near where David and Krista...
Bob Johnson
Jun 3, 20243 min read


Positive, neutral, or negative
PLYMOUTH – It’s great that we set aside a day each year to celebrate our fathers! The older I get and the more people I have deep...
Jamie Lynn
Jun 3, 20243 min read


Pop Quiz: Billy Graham, Paul, Fatherhood
PLYMOUTH – Fatherhood and Christian fatherhood are radically two different things! Billy Graham, the famous, world-traveling evangelist,...
Tony Lynn
Jun 3, 20245 min read


How do you measure up?
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – We often measure success by how popular or by how famous someone is. We measure success by our position in the office,...
Garth Leno
Jun 3, 20244 min read


A father who leads well
PLYMOUTH – Father’s Day in my home was always a great day! I knew that as a kid, after church, the smell of charcoal would permeate our...
Barry Martin
Jun 3, 20242 min read


Thoughts while painting a fence
ROSCOMMON – When one is in a quiet place for hours painting a fence, it gives one plenty of time to think. It was just my granddaughter...
Sharon Hessling
Jun 3, 20242 min read


Balancing being dad
MONROE – Being a dad is hard. It's one of the greatest privileges we can have, but it's hard. It's hard because no two kids are alike....
Nate Click
Jun 3, 20243 min read


Olympic digital responders needed
In front of an Olympic venue, her phone camera hovers over the Olympic pin. The link appears and she selects her language, scans the...
Tessa Sanchez
Jun 3, 20243 min read


5 Questions for Churches Helping Other Churches
As my good friend Mark Hallock says: “We can’t do this alone, which is why a replanting movement must be made up of churches, pastors and...
Baptist Beacon
Jun 3, 20243 min read
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