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


12 ways churches can minister to veterans and soldiers
ALPHARETTA, GA – Many churches would love to serve veterans and soldiers, but feel ill-equipped or think they cannot do so because...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20172 min read


Christmas bonds the family
LOUISVILLE, KY (BP) – Dec. 18, 2014, Sam and Stephanie Patterson changed four lives forever as they adopted three sisters and a brother...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20173 min read


Lives are being touched
MONROE, MI – For more than 12 years Dale Beal has been the chaplain in jail ministry in Monroe County. He ministers in two locations. One...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20173 min read


Making Lottie Moon tea cakes
FENTON, MI – Lottie Moon dedicated her life to the people of China, living out the Good News before them. It was seldom easy living in a...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20171 min read


Never too late: serving overseas in retirement
JACKSONVILLE, FL – I’ll always remember the pre-retirement seminar I attended a full seven years before what would have been my normal...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20174 min read


2017 annual meeting summary
1) The total budget approved (the overall budget amount for the coming fiscal year) and percentage increase or decrease from last year of...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20172 min read


Resolution on the mass shooting at First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, Texas
WHEREAS, in light of the tragic and horrific attack at First Baptist Church, Sutherland Springs, Texas, during a worship service on...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20172 min read


Resolution on appreciation
WHEREAS, The messengers to the 60th session of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan are enjoying a time of worship, encouragement,...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20171 min read


The Christmas Hamster
FENTON, MI – Well folks, this is the season when we celebrate the birth of our Lord with all sorts of traditions, parties, food and...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20173 min read


11 minutes
FENTON, MI – Someone reported that an average professional football game lasts 3 hours and 12 minutes, but if you tally up the time when...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20173 min read


Gospel conversations at Christmas
FENTON, MI – Christmas is in the air! Anticipation is growing in the hearts of God’s children (young and old) as we prepare to celebrate...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20172 min read


Good news, great joy, for all people!
ROSCOMMON, MI – Greetings from Bambi Lake Retreat and Conference Center and Merry Christmas! As I am writing this the snow is lightly...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20173 min read


Connected to the family
ALPHARETTA, GA (BP) – When I met Dan Coleman a few years ago, he was a church planter with a vision for reaching the state of Maine for...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20172 min read


Mi moment
FENTON, MI – I am looking forward to our time together at the annual meeting of the Convention of Michigan November 7-8 at Middlebelt...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20172 min read


What’s your identity?
LANSING, MI – When I became a Pastor’s wife, there was quite a change that took place. I noticed that most “people” started referring to...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20173 min read


Give thanks to the LORD
BURTON, MI – When I was a small child, my grandmother would place me by her side on a bench in front of her old, dark wood stained piano....
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20173 min read


Failure breeds thanksgiving
BESSEMER, MI – A Bible passage that is easy to miss because of the cataclysmic events surrounding it, is one we would be wise to remember...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20173 min read


A season of thankfulness
HOUGHTON, MI – There's nothing greater than times of reflection. Times where you can stop the pace of life for a moment! I am the Pastor...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20173 min read


500 YEARS: The Reformation & Baptist life
DEERFIELD, IL (BP) – The Lord blessed me with the wonderful privilege of growing up in a Christian home -- a faithful, Baptist home....
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20174 min read


Patterson-Humphreys atonement debate remembered
NASHVILLE (BP) – A 1987 debate on Christ's atonement between Paige Patterson and then-New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary theology...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20174 min read
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