Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20173 minSTRENGTHENINGWe need each otherMIDLAND, MI – Southern Baptists have long insisted that the local church is primary in our denomination and that associations and...
Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20171 minMICHIGAN NEWSMichigan pastors and wives get awayFENTON, MI – There are many demands on the time of not just Pastors, but their wives as well. Those demands can make if very difficult...
Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20174 minMICHIGAN NEWSThrough the eyes of a childIntroduction by Tony Lynn: Every now and then you see the right thing. That is how Grace Ferraro, her family, and her church captured my...
Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20172 minSENDINGCollegiate mobilizationALPHARETTA, GA – What would it look like for a generation of collegiate Christians to live their lives on mission? What would happen if...
Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20173 minSBC NEWSSupreme Court to hear oral arguments in major religious freedom caseWASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear oral arguments in the remaining religious freedom case to be heard this term—and...
Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20173 minSBC NEWSRestrictions, hostilities increase for people of faithWASHINGTON, DC – Among the Pew Forum’s findings for 2015 in its study of 198 countries: 40 percent of the world's countries have "high"...
Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20173 minCOLUMNSEmbarrassmentFENTON, 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...
Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20173 minCOLUMNSHorton 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...
Baptist BeaconApr 28, 20174 minCOLUMNSThere's value in the local associationFENTON, MI – One of my first experiences as a follower of Jesus with our larger Baptist family was at Bambi Lake. The Genesee Baptist...