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


Moore clarifies comments on Trump supporters
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission President Russell Moore has clarified that he never intended to criticize all...
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Dec 31, 20165 min read


2017 A New Year
FENTON, MI – Well my friends, it’s a new day and a new year. It’s that time of year when we get a new calendar from the funeral home or...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 31, 20163 min read


Helping your church advance
Please, let me introduce Will Mancini to you. Will Mancini says and writes, “Clarity changes everything.” He also states, “The greatest...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 31, 20162 min read


Strength for the journey
FENTON, MI – From time to time, God lays a passage of Scripture on my heart that becomes especially important for a season of ministry. I...
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Dec 31, 20163 min read


Thank you God for 2016
FENTON, MI – Our state is filled with missionaries who plant churches. God-called people who dedicate themselves to sharing Christ,...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20162 min read


Bivocational church planting
KANSAS CITY, KS (BP) – Over the past several years there has been an increasing interest in church planting. As a result of declining...
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Dec 5, 20165 min read


Celebrating Missions: The 2016 BSCM Annual Meeting
BURTON, MI – Every year, sometime in the beginning of November, messengers from our cooperating, convention of churches gather together...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20162 min read


MOVE Conference: Unity in the Body
LANSING, MI – In a day and age where so many things divide us, Michigan Baptist women are being invited to join the second annual MOVE...
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Dec 5, 20163 min read


Breaking through church culture
ALLEN PARK, MI – In the eight years of being a pastor, my focus has been on revitalizing churches. In the last two and a half years in my...
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Dec 5, 20164 min read


Bay Area Baptist Association celebrates 54 years!
LAKE, MI – The Bay Area Baptist Association (BABA) celebrated 54 years of ministry at its Annual Meeting on October 8 at Bethany Baptist...
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Dec 5, 20163 min read


First Person: Bring your wounds to Jesus
O'FALLON, IL (BP) – We are all wounded to some extent. We are wounded by living in this sinful and fallen world. We are wounded by the...
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Dec 5, 20162 min read


The angel Gabriel's most sensitive mission
LOOMIS, CA – As the tall, stately angel rose and walked toward the front of the chapel, there was a buzz among the cadets. Gabriel was a...
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Dec 5, 20164 min read


"That Halloween Thing"
FENTON, MI – The mist gathered as I scuttled about the church property issuing instructions for the afternoon’s happenings. The Potter’s...
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Dec 5, 20163 min read


Michigan deaf ministry opportunities
STERLING HEIGHTS, MI – Ministry to Deaf Iraqi Refugees - There are 24 students enrolled in the second session of the English/American...
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Dec 5, 20162 min read


When being sent requires loss
MOBILE, AL (BP) – "As the Father sent me so send I you" (John 20:21). Sent is a word straight from the lips of Jesus. He was the model of...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20164 min read


Together we can
FENTON, MI – It is hard for me to believe that another year has come and gone. This has been one of the greatest years of our lives as...
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Dec 5, 20163 min read


Lottie Moon and the IMB Christmas Offering
RICHMOND, VA – Well over one hundred years ago, a single missionary named Lottie Moon, serving in China, began writing letters...
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Dec 5, 20162 min read


IMB taps 5 megacities for global initiative pilot
LONDON (BP) – "There's no lack of church buildings in London, but the average congregation is fewer than 20 people," missionary James...
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Dec 5, 20163 min read


Gaines: 10 things Christians can do after election
SEVIERVILLE, TN (BP) – Following the recent election of a new U.S. president, Southern Baptist Convention leader Steve Gaines challenged...
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Dec 5, 20163 min read


New England Baptists embrace ethnic diversity
HUDSON, MA (BP) – "We've all got to set aside our differences for the sake of the Gospel." The words spoken by Terry Dorsett, executive...
Baptist Beacon
Dec 5, 20163 min read
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