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


First Person: A boring testimony? No such thing
FORT WORTH, TX – "I have a boring testimony," one student said when we shared our testimonies in a Sunday School class I co-lead for a...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Team essentials: Shepherd
WHEATON, IL – I am absolutely convinced that there has never been a genuine missional movement—the kind that has both exponential growth...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20174 min read


When you are tired of caring...
NORTHWEST, AR – “I’m tired of caring for Miles.” I actually spoke those words out loud in our small group. Keith and I have the privilege...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Discipleship for church leadership
ALPHARETTA, GA – Pastors & church leaders, you crave dedicated help. You told me so. Here is an online and very affordable discipleship...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20171 min read


Restructuring of the local association
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR: As the landscape of the world around us continues to evolve, ever changing, there comes a need to adapt or be lost...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Service station theology
FENTON, MI – What I am about to tell you will certainly date me, but I can distinctly remember filling automobile after automobile with...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20174 min read


November’s diamond anniversary
FENTON, MI – Diamonds. American tradition says that a 60th anniversary means diamonds are to be given as gifts. Could you imagine if all...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


“Let Not One Go There Unprayed For”
FENTON, MI – During a time of personal study recently, I ran across a quote from C.H. Spurgeon that captivated my thoughts. The eloquent...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


“If you’re not in the flow, you’re not gonna go”
ROSCOMMON, MI – “Bambi Lake Life” – This is the phrase we use here at Bambi Lake Retreat and Conference Center to describe the experience...
Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20173 min read


Training for everyone!
FENTON, MI – The 2017 Church Equipping Conference provides specialized training for everyone who serves in your church. Don't believe us?...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20171 min read


6 ways to incorporate social media you haven’t thought of yet
MINNESOTA – How effectively a church communicates with its members can often determine how effective they are in their different areas of...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20174 min read


Study: With evangelism, small things matter
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Small churches can make a difference by sticking to the basics, according to a study released today (Aug. 28). The...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20175 min read


Dive In – girls’ and teen girls’ mission camp
ROSCOMMON, MI – "...That moment when every girl in your cabin starts screaming bloody murder, and you think something is wrong but it’s...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20173 min read


The Great Physician
FLINT, MI – Thursday, March 16, 2017, is a day in which our household was dramatically changed for the rest of our lives. It was a day...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20175 min read


ERLC conf. urges parents to be models for children
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Christian parents must seek to be what they want their children to become, a sellout audience was told during the...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20176 min read


Fellowship, foyers, & Bambi Lake
FENTON, MI – Family? Friendship? Community? Network? Whatever you call it does not matter, but you know it when you experience it at its...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20174 min read


6 ways to practice hospitality
COLUMBIA, SC – Hospitality evangelism isn’t new or trickery rather a way to connect with your neighbors and begin to live out your faith...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20174 min read


Houston, help is on the way
FENTON, MI – MI Disaster Relief (DR) has been activated as one of the nation’s worst natural disasters continues to clobber the Texas...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20172 min read


IMB Sending Celebration announced
RICHMOND, VA – “Are you looking for ways to lead your church members to take their next step in God’s mission? Join us for the next IMB...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20172 min read


Laughter in the life of a pastor’s wife
MONROE, MI – When I said “I do” 47 years ago to my husband I never dreamed I would be a pastor’s wife. In the 35 years we’ve been in the...
Baptist Beacon
Sep 4, 20172 min read
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