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


Baptist Beacon
Oct 31, 20243 min read
Executive Director/Treasurer Search Team Announces Candidate
Candidate Recommendation from the Executive Director/Treasurer Search Committee The search committee appointed to find the Executive...
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Baptist Beacon
Oct 17, 20244 min read
Lostness impacted by largest Annie Armstrong, Lottie Moon offerings in SBC history
by IMB and NAMB Staffs Generosity among Southern Baptists remains strong as evidenced by the most recent Annie Armstrong Easter Offering®...
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Baptist Beacon
Oct 2, 20242 min read
BSCM Annual Meeting program schedule
BSCM Annual Meeting Friday, November 1, 2024 1705 Cedar St., Holt, MI 48842 ( Special Note: You must be present in-person to vote.) ...
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Andrew Hager
Oct 1, 20244 min read
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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Karen Villalpando
Oct 1, 20243 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 1, 20244 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 1, 20243 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 1, 20245 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 1, 20244 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 1, 20243 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 1, 20242 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 1, 20241 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 1, 20245 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 1, 20244 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 1, 20244 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 1, 20246 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 1, 20243 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 1, 20244 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 3, 20243 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 29, 20243 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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