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


Would Jesus go to a football game?
FORT SMITH, AR (BP) – This fall, like every other fall, the most densely populated pieces of real estate in many cities and towns are...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20172 min read


Leading your child toward authentic faith
WEST PALM BEACH, FL – The responsibility facing parents is overwhelming. Not only are they to raise their children to function...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20172 min read


With a heart for missions
FLINT, MI – Involvement in missions has always been close to my heart. At an early age I went with my mother to her missions meetings,...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20173 min read


Chaplain’s sacred moments: Perfect pain
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – I received a call that Mrs. K was in the hospital with an infected knee from her second knee surgery. It was reported...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20172 min read


Send Relief 'pastor packs,' SBDR helps Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO (BP) – When people started showing up seeking food and water after Hurricane Maria, pastor Johnny Baez knew he...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20173 min read


World Series is latest challenge for pastor's kid
ATLANTA, GA (BP) – There's no telling how many hours Scott McHugh and his wife Teresa have spent watching their son Collin play baseball...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20173 min read


Change is in the air
FENTON, MI – The month of November always brings with it a change in atmosphere in many ways. I remember well when we lived in Florida...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20174 min read


Thankful for our associations
FENTON, MI – Moscow made me stop and take a picture. Not that Moscow. I am talking about Moscow, Michigan on a rainy, windy Sunday in...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20176 min read


The language of thanksgiving
ROSCOMMON, MI – Next to Christmas, Thanksgiving is my favorite time of year. Even though it involves a couple of my favorite things -...
Baptist Beacon
Nov 1, 20172 min read


Celebrating 60 years of ministry
FENTON, MI – The Baptist State Convention of Michigan (BSCM) is celebrating 60 years of ministry! Our churches band together for strength...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Frances Brown set the tone for Bambi
(The following excerpts are from The Golden Chain (2002, 2007), chapter 1 (1958 and 1961), by Bill Livingston.) BAY CITY, MI – Frances...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Breakthrough at the Church Equipping Conference
ROSEVILLE, MI – The theme for the 2016 Church Equipping Conference was “Breakthrough”, and the goal was to strengthen Michigan Baptist...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20172 min read


What is Church Planting Assessment?
FENTON, MI – This past September I had the great opportunity of being involved in the Church Planter Assessment. Over the course of...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Following God's road map
WAYLAND, MI – My wife, April and I married 24 years ago have four children, from the beginning we were following God’s road map and...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Can you imagine?!
DETROIT, MI – Coming into my freshman year of college at the University of Michigan back in 1999 I felt like I was at a Crossroads. Up...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


See the future – seize the future!
SOUTHGATE, MI – I heard this line today while watching a webinar. “The One who Sees the Future, will Seize the Future! I think it might...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


MAAF goes to St. Croix
LANSING, MI – Michigan’s African American Fellowship (MAAF) is excited to announce its first annual mission trip to St. Croix. The team...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20172 min read


UPDATE: SBDR reports on Puerto Rico response
EDITOR'S NOTE: Story updated Sept. 25. Over the weekend (Sept. 23-24), Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) workers learned the...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20174 min read


God's got jokes!
ALLEN PARK, MI – Wow! I am a pastor’s WIFE? Who among you know that God has a strange sense of humor? Some say His ways are foolish! (1...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read
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