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


Unfinished sentences
IRONTON, MI – How many of us, with our final breath, will be able to say, “It is finished.” I ask this question because we have Jesus’...
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First Person: Don't ditch your denomination
NEW ORLEANS, LA (BP) – In September 1986, my life was changed forever when I was elected as pastor of a dying Southern Baptist mission...
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Political divides in church focus of new study
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – America has become increasingly divided by politics in recent years. So have its Protestant churches, according to a...
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The importance of the church getting involved in their community
SALISBURY, MD – In the early days of his church plant, pastor Ryan Weaver and his team at Remedy Church scoured the newspapers looking...
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Sep 4, 20186 min read


First Person: God's portion – sufficient to sustain & delight
CONCORD, NC (BP) – Spending some time in Brazil this summer was an experience I will treasure forever, and the Lord taught me so many...
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Sep 4, 20183 min read


Southern Baptist workers introduce Kenyan family to the Great Physician
Fatuma* is raising her five children in a one-room metal house in the slum-of-slums of Nairobi, Kenya. Fatuma knows that despite the...
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Sep 4, 20182 min read


SWBTS appoints 9-member presidential search committee
FORT WORTH, TX (BP) – A search committee comprising nine Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary trustees has been appointed to...
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Vision team to help implement SBCAL recommendations
MCDONOUGH, GA (BP) – An 11-member vision team will study ways to help Southern Baptist state associations implement recommended changes...
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Labor Day: Owen Cooper's faith keyed array of ventures
YAZOO CITY, MS (BP) – On Labor Day, Americans will celebrate U.S. workers who have built and shaped the nation and influenced the world....
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Sep 4, 20184 min read


Thom S. Rainer announces retirement from LifeWay
NASHVILLE, TN – LifeWay Christian Resources President and CEO Thom S. Rainer announced today (Aug. 27) his plans to retire in the coming...
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Johnny Hunt to lead NAMB evangelism and leadership group
ALPHARETTA, GA – Johnny Hunt, longtime pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock, Ga., and past president of the Southern Baptist...
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Cure-alls, Can you trust them?
FENTON, MI – It seems as though almost everyday someone is claiming fantastic benefits from using their product, procedure or following a...
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Sep 4, 20182 min read


Win 1 of 20 free books
I am giving away 20 FREE BOOKS! I will give away 10 editions of John MacArthur’s, “Called to Lead: 26 Leadership Lessons from the Life of...
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September 22 - Revitalization
FENTON, MI – Christ is speaking to His Church! For many of us the study, “Experiencing God” by Henry Blackaby and Claude King was...
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Sep 4, 20183 min read


Choose joy
“The joy of the Lord is my strength The joy of the Lord is my strength In the darkness I’ll dance In the shadows I’ll sing The joy of the...
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Sep 4, 20182 min read


New faces in Ann Arbor
ANN ARBOR, MI – Every fall a new set of fresh faces show up in Ann Arbor to begin classes at the University of Michigan. This year is no...
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Aug 7, 20182 min read


Heritage of life change
ROSCOMMON, MI – Nathan and Beth Hill have a lifelong relationship with the Bambi Lake Conference Center. It’s not unlike the relationship...
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3 new servant-leaders
FENTON, MI – We have three men who will be serving in new roles in three different areas of Michigan with one purpose. Our team is...
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Church planting is an exciting journey
EDITOR'S NOTE: Michael, and his wife Emily, are one of many church planting efforts being supported, in part, by the Frances Brown State...
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Aug 7, 20183 min read


#MeToo confronts small churches, bivocational pastors
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Amid the #MeToo movement, conferences and seminaries have heightened their focus on training pastors to prevent and...
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Aug 7, 20184 min read
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