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


Motherhood - It all began with Eve
FENTON, MI – Motherhood is very rewarding, but it can also be very demanding. Scripture shares that Eve was the first example of a...
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Survey: Tell us about your mission trip!
The Baptist State Convention of Michigan wants to hear about your mission trip, so they have designed a simple three question survey at...
Baptist Beacon
Apr 28, 20171 min read


Shopping vice - Church hopping
BESSEMER, MI – As a pastor, I encourage people to visit the churches in their area because different families and people have different...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


Book of the Month: Preaching Tools
FENTON, MI – As a pastor, when I would attend a meeting with other pastors, the conversation would always find its way to the subject of...
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Apr 28, 20171 min read


A pastor's wife
BATTLE CREEK, MI – When my husband, Roy, and I married thirteen years ago, being a pastor’s wife was not on my radar. Our plan was for...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


Every believer witnessing
FLINT, MI – Dennis Nunn recently presented his “Every Believer a Witness” training for pastors. This training was developed by Nunn. It...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


Partners together with God: the association and the state convention
JACKSON, MI – Over the last few years, there has been much discussion on whether we need associations or state conventions? There are as...
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Apr 28, 20172 min read


Redreaming the dream of the Genesee Baptist Association
FLINT, MI – At our Annual Meeting last fall we celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Genesee Baptist Association. I have served as...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


Staggered & humbled
ALPHARETTA, GA – I took Intermediate Greek in seminary with Dr. John Polhill, and we did our work in Philippians for the entire semester....
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Apr 28, 20174 min read


We need each other
MIDLAND, MI – Southern Baptists have long insisted that the local church is primary in our denomination and that associations and...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


Michigan pastors and wives get away
FENTON, MI – There are many demands on the time of not just Pastors, but their wives as well. Those demands can make if very difficult...
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Apr 28, 20171 min read


Through the eyes of a child
Introduction by Tony Lynn: Every now and then you see the right thing. That is how Grace Ferraro, her family, and her church captured my...
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Apr 28, 20174 min read


Collegiate mobilization
ALPHARETTA, GA – What would it look like for a generation of collegiate Christians to live their lives on mission? What would happen if...
Baptist Beacon
Apr 28, 20172 min read


Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in major religious freedom case
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments in the remaining religious freedom case to be heard this term—and...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


Restrictions, hostilities increase for people of faith
WASHINGTON, DC – Among the Pew Forum’s findings for 2015 in its study of 198 countries: 40 percent of the world's countries have "high"...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


Embarrassment
FENTON, MI – I have done some pretty lame things in my life that to this day still send a rush of blood-surging embarrassment through my...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


Horton Hears a Who!
FENTON, MI – Horton Hears a Who! was written by Dr. Theodor Seuss Geisel and published in 1954. Born in 1959 the book was one of my...
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Apr 28, 20173 min read


There's value in the local association
FENTON, MI – One of my first experiences as a follower of Jesus with our larger Baptist family was at Bambi Lake. The Genesee Baptist...
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Apr 28, 20174 min read


Thankful for a praying mom
ROSCOMMON, MI – With Mother’s day just around the corner I have been thinking about my own mother and qualities that make her so special....
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Apr 28, 20172 min read


Missionaries in Michigan
FENTON, MI – Did you know dozens of missionaries live near you? They do and you can find them and their email addresses at:...
Baptist Beacon
Apr 3, 20174 min read
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