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Newsjournal of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan | December 2024 | Volume 68, Number 12
Rick Sparks
Feb 13 min read
What does love look like?
WOODHAVEN – Fifty-three years ago, Pastor Jones sent people to plant a church in Woodhaven. The church developed a motto that we still...
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Jason Livvix
Feb 13 min read
Blood drive
OSCODA – In early January, I received a call from a blood drive center requesting the use of a room at the church for a Community Blood...
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Jennifer Longstaff
Feb 13 min read
Delighted in the Lord
GRAYLING – Twenty-one years ago, I gave my life to the Lord. God had been working on my heart for six months since the first time I had...
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Shannon Goforth
Feb 13 min read
The Word is a weapon
PORT AUSTIN – A few years ago, the ladies in our church did an incredible study on the armor of God from Ephesians. It was one of those...
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Doyle Parks
Feb 12 min read
Small in number, but mighty in the Lord
YPSILANTI – I was 5 years old as I watched Godly men work on the building of North Prospect Baptist Church block by block. This church...
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Diana Chandler
Feb 13 min read
Most evangelicals chose Christ during childhood, new study finds
EXPORT, PA (BP) – Most adult evangelicals were saved in childhood with several factors influencing their decisions, according to newly...
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Diana Chandler
Feb 13 min read
Dislike of organized religion, maltreatment cited by many ‘Nones,’ Pew finds
WASHINGTON (BP) – More than half of religiously unaffiliated Americans, identified as ‘Nones,” say they don’t like organized religion or...
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Sharon Mager
Feb 14 min read
‘DR Family’ gathers for annual SBDR Roundtable
NEWARK, DE (BP) – More than 200 Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) leaders and volunteers from across North America arrived at...
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Adelle M. Banks
Feb 14 min read
Religious donors keep giving to houses of worship and beyond amid inflation
(RNS) — Religious Americans are continuing to give to their houses of worship — and to other causes — with money and in-kind donations...
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Myriah Snyder
Feb 13 min read
German church plant thriving through intergenerational relationships
Alina came to faith at age 17, and her life was radically changed. When Steve and Julia Dunn, International Mission Board church planters...
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Danny Forshee
Feb 12 min read
First-Person: A message of hope
Mental health and wholeness are important topics to me. God has helped me so much and used people in my life to lift me from anxiety and...
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Karen Blanchard
Jan 23 min read
Held captive by the Past
SHELBY TOWNSHIP – As we begin a new year, we often like to look back and reflect on all that God has done in our lives. I think we should...
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Clayton Knight
Jan 24 min read
You’re going to need a bigger God in 2024.
WARREN – There’s a scene in the movie Jaws where the main character is hunched over toward the back of the boat, throwing chum out into...
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Chris Peoples
Jan 23 min read
Our calendar has built-in opportunities for alignment
ADRIAN – Have you ever considered that our modern calendar has built-in opportunities for alignment? It is a good chance that your answer...
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Baptist Beacon
Jan 22 min read
A life and vision to glorify God
DETROIT – On December 4, 2023, Pastor Rochelle Davis, Jr. had completed his earthly assignment and was welcomed into the heavenly...
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Tim Patterson
Jan 23 min read
A mighty oak has fallen
PLYMOUTH – In recent days a massive winter storm moved up the East Coast leaving in its wake incredible damage from the result of...
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Tony Lynn
Jan 25 min read
Someone’s finish is someone else’s start
PLYMOUTH – Someone’s finish is someone else’s start. Please, repeat that first sentence aloud a few times. Someone’s finish is someone...
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Garth Leno
Jan 23 min read
God is with us
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – Christmas is over and the New Year has dawned. We took down the tree, put the ornaments away, stored the Mikasa...
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Greg Burdine
Jan 23 min read
Your best year ever
ADRIAN – Do you want 2024 to be your best year ever? There is one thing you can do right now and the better you keep it the better year...
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LaShonna Hitchins
Jan 22 min read
We serve a God of endless chances!
INKSTER – 2023 was a difficult year for me personally. I’m sure some of you may relate and maybe you’ve often found yourself entangled in...
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