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


Southern Baptist Church Attendance Gains Potentially Larger Than Reported
According to data analysis, a decline in reporting among Southern Baptist congregations may be leading to an undercounting of attendance....
Aaron Earls
Jun 3, 20244 min read


‘Accepting the other.’ Arab Christian paramedic in Nazareth promotes unity
NAZARETH, ISRAEL (BP) – As a 15-year-old high school student in Nazareth, Arab Christian Yasmeen Mazzawi wanted to learn the history of...
Diana Chandler
Jun 3, 20243 min read


When silence is deafening
As a Baptist who pastored in Catholic New Orleans for a decade, I came away with an appreciation for Lent. I have never given up...
Eric Reed
Jun 3, 20243 min read


Travel Sports Create Issues and Opportunities for Families and Churches
Based on their perspective on missing services for travel sports, many churchgoers see the potential impact differently than their...
Aaron Earls
Jun 3, 20246 min read


Mother-in-laws
PLYMOUTH – When my granddaughters were younger, they spent a lot of time with us in our home. It seemed we were always driving somewhere,...
Sabrina Patterson
May 1, 20244 min read


As pro sports goes all-in on gambling, society is left to count the true cost
NASHVILLE (BP) – “Welcome to the 2027 NFL Draft! We’re coming to you from the Caesar’s Sportsbook Stage, courtesy of BetMGM, with...
Scott Barkley
May 1, 20243 min read


Spirit-led Parenting
SHELBY TOWNSHIP – Parenting is one of the greatest joys of my life, while at the same time, it can be one of the most challenging....
Karen Blanchard
May 1, 20244 min read


Slumps need good teammates
Is it possible to start a season already in a slump? The trees and temperatures are signaling spring, but winter’s slowness still has a...
Meredith Flynn
May 1, 20242 min read


False advertising
PLYMOUTH – It seems as though almost every day someone is claiming fantastic benefits from using their product, procedure, or following a...
Tim Patterson
May 1, 20242 min read


Accelerate gospel movement
PLYMOUTH – “Accelerate Gospel movement,” are three words worth remembering! With 10 million Michiganders surrounding us and an estimated...
Tony Lynn
May 1, 20243 min read


What does it take to revitalize a church?
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Pastors Bobby Owings and Brian Moss share a fondness for going to places no one else wants to go. For them, it meant...
Baptist Beacon
May 1, 20244 min read


Christ: a mother’s only hope
A Mother’s Day Encouragement ANN ARBOR – Mother’s Day is a complicated holiday. There is a lot of joy wrapped up into the gift of...
Emily Guyer
May 1, 20246 min read


Church revitalization
PLYMOUTH – Church Revitalization is the process of leading a plateaued or declining church toward a healthy growth, which begins when...
Gary Maxey
May 1, 20243 min read


Echoes of a godly mother
CLINTON TOWNSHIP – My momma was raised in rural Georgia in a sharecropper’s family who picked cotton. This was at the end of the Great...
Kay Elliot
May 1, 20243 min read


Embracing motherhood: a tribute to sacrificial love
NEW HUDSON – Unsteadily, she lowered herself to the floor and shakily took a pitcher of warm water and poured it into a ceramic basin....
Tara Ford
May 1, 20243 min read


Claiming His promises and a life verse for my children
NORTH STREET – My journey into motherhood started with the words, “You’re going to have a baby.” The joy and excitement of that moment...
Phyllis Harbaugh
May 1, 20242 min read


The unconventional will of God
MONROE – “Well, be safe getting home you guys. I don’t know what I’m going to do, but hopefully I’m not stuck!” These were the school...
Mike Meade
May 1, 20243 min read


WMU Missions Celebration brings ‘Joy’ to Indy
BIRMINGHAM, AL – (April 22, 2024) – Gather your friends and race to Indianapolis this June for the WMU Missions Celebration just prior to...
Julie Walters
May 1, 20242 min read


JSU student from Nigeria embraced by area church
JACKSONVILLE, AL – It was a rainy Sunday morning, and Olalere Bolaji Funsho had made his way from Nigeria to the Atlanta airport and then...
Erin Roach
May 1, 20244 min read


First-Person: Generation next is generation now
I remember hearing the late Michael Catt, long-time pastor of Sherwood Baptist in Albany, Ga., say many times, “Whoever wants the next...
Jay Hardwick
May 1, 20243 min read
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