You need to be weak
ANN ARBOR – “That was one of the best sermons I’ve ever heard.” These words were delivered to me by a young man after one of our...
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Newsjournal of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan | November 2024 | Volume 68, Number 11
Karen Villalpando
Oct 13 min read
Women in Ministry; A great asset in the church
STERLING HEIGHTS – I serve the Lord in His Church as a woman. For 40+ years I have been faithful in one church and have found that being...
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Karen Blanchard
Oct 14 min read
It is time to rise
SHELBY TOWNSHIP – At the beginning of the summer, God was calling me out to meet with Him during the sunrise. I have to be honest, those...
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Connor Johnson
Oct 13 min read
God mends brokenness
SALINE – On February 29, 2012, I parked my Mazda 3 hatchback in an apartment complex in North St. Louis to facilitate a drug deal. By 19...
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Baptist Beacon
Oct 15 min read
Something big!
PLYMOUTH – I am going to make a prediction as if I am a spiritual-meteorologist. Are you ready for it? Here it is. Something BIG, I...
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Garth Leno
Oct 14 min read
Living in digital Babylon
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – I was glued to my seat as David Kinnaman spoke to the audience of pastor-care advocates. The President of the Barna...
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Brandon Elrod
Oct 13 min read
Southern Baptist relief efforts deployed throughout Southeast in response to historic Helene
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) – More than 100 people have died from the havoc wrought by Hurricane Helene, and Send Relief is supporting dozens...
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Matt Thompson
Oct 12 min read
Planting churches everywhere for everyone
GRANDVILLE – In the Send Network, our mission is that we are “a family of churches planting churches everywhere for everyone.” Our...
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Diane Bowen
Oct 11 min read
Acteens in Action: Empowering Teen Girls Through Virtual Bible Study and Missions
OWOSSO – Acteens in Action, a new virtual program for teen girls ages 12-19, is launching this October 20 at 5pm across Michigan. This...
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Leslie Peacock Caldwell
Oct 15 min read
IMB reports LMCO totals more than $204 million; trustees approve $312 million budget
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (BP) – International Mission Board trustees approved the appointment of 69 full-time, fully funded missionaries...
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Chris Doyle
Oct 14 min read
Refugees find care in city known for slave trade history
A redeeming shift in its treatment of internationals is happening in Charleston, South Carolina. What was once a major port for enslaved...
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Jeff Iorg
Oct 14 min read
First-Person: Southern Baptists are a force for good, Part 1
Editor’s note: The following is transcribed from Jeff Iorg’s address to SBC Executive Committee members and guests at a ceremony marking...
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Aaron Earls
Oct 16 min read
U.S. Evangelicals Want to Engage Culture More Than They Actually Do
Although evangelicals say they want to engage culture, they often bypass the opportunities in front of them to do so. Evangelicals may be...
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Sue Sprenkle
Oct 13 min read
Missions starts at home for newest IMB missionaries
Lottie Moon’s home church hosted the International Mission Board’s Sept. 25 Sending Celebration. Rob Pochek, senior pastor of First...
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Tim Patterson
Oct 14 min read
Fingerprints
PLYMOUTH – As Sabrina and I have been going through our belongings and trying to determine what we will keep and what we will discard...
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Karen Blanchard
Sep 33 min read
Surrendering the school year to the Lord
SHELBY TOWNSHIP – The beginning of a new school year always brings so many new possibilities. As a child, I loved shopping for new...
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Sabrina Patterson
Aug 293 min read
“I left a part of my heart in Africa”
ZAMBIA – (A team of women from Arkansas, Georgia, Michigan, Missouri and Virginia worked with ongoing ministries and caught a vision of...
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Luke Bilberry
Aug 294 min read
Biblical math and a broken heart
HUDSONVILLE – The way the Bible does math doesn’t make sense! How does 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish feed more than 5,000 people? There...
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Sue Sprenkle
Aug 294 min read
Women discover missional living is ‘better together’
M ichelle Chitwood tilted her head as she slowly looked around the courtyard. The wife of the International Mission Board president...
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Tony Lynn
Aug 295 min read
Wanted: Bi-vocational church planters/pastors
PLYMOUTH – I am on the search for disciplined, driven, disciples of Jesus Christ who believe that starting a new church is the next...
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