God chooses us
EASTPOINTE – I was raised on the lower eastside of Detroit. My family was large with eight kids plus my mom and dad. Every Sunday my mom...
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Newsjournal of the Baptist State Convention of Michigan | October 2024 | Volume 68, Number 10
Karen Blanchard
Jul 14 min
Leading women well
SHELBY TOWNSHIP – I am the women’s ministry leader at Lakepointe Church and God put it on my heart a few years ago to build a team to...
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Megan Line
Jul 13 min
The best adventure
STERLING HEIGHTS – When I think of my salvation story, I remember the most important times during my life that make up my testimony, but...
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JoLinda Russell
Jul 13 min
My journey to Christ
BROWNSTOWN – Whenever I meet a fellow Christian, I like to hear about their journey with Christ. It inspires me to hear how God leads...
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Aaron Earls
Jul 16 min
Some churches partner with pregnancy centers after Roe v. Wade reversal
BRENTWOOD, TN – Two years ago, the Supreme Court overruled Roe v. Wade and the right to an abortion. In the aftermath, many churchgoers...
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Melita Thomas
Jul 14 min
5 quick tips for VBS follow-up
BRENTWOOD, TN – The days and weeks immediately following VBS are the most crucial for outreach. But so often this critical element seems...
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Aaron Earls
Jul 15 min
Churchgoers believe public perception of Christians is declining in the U.S.
BRENTWOOD, TN (BP) – Most churchgoers believe Christians have a good reputation with Americans in general, but they worry those feelings...
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Scott Barkley
Jul 13 min
Distribution of ‘Essentials’ curriculum reaching thousands of churches … and counting
NASHVILLE, TN (BP) – Late last Wednesday afternoon (June 12), the gavel dropped at the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting in Indianapolis and thus...
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Jerome Taylor
Jun 33 min
Is this my court?
BURTON – I want to be better. At 6’3” it is a shame that the only post I’m going to be playing on a basketball team is the kind that...
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Scott Barkley
Jun 39 min
As annual meeting approaches, ‘pastor’ amendment opinions abound
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (BP) – Messengers to the 2024 SBC Annual Meeting are being asked to weigh in a second time on whether to add to the SBC...
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Bob Johnson
Jun 33 min
Healthy church planted
ROSEVILLE – From 1928 to 1934 the Portsmouth Spartans were a professional football team in Portsmouth, Ohio (near where David and Krista...
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Jamie Lynn
Jun 33 min
Positive, neutral, or negative
PLYMOUTH – It’s great that we set aside a day each year to celebrate our fathers! The older I get and the more people I have deep...
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Tony Lynn
Jun 35 min
Pop Quiz: Billy Graham, Paul, Fatherhood
PLYMOUTH – Fatherhood and Christian fatherhood are radically two different things! Billy Graham, the famous, world-traveling evangelist,...
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Garth Leno
Jun 34 min
How do you measure up?
WINDSOR, ONTARIO – We often measure success by how popular or by how famous someone is. We measure success by our position in the office,...
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Barry Martin
Jun 32 min
A father who leads well
PLYMOUTH – Father’s Day in my home was always a great day! I knew that as a kid, after church, the smell of charcoal would permeate our...
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Sharon Hessling
Jun 32 min
Thoughts while painting a fence
ROSCOMMON – When one is in a quiet place for hours painting a fence, it gives one plenty of time to think. It was just my granddaughter...
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Nate Click
Jun 33 min
Balancing being dad
MONROE – Being a dad is hard. It's one of the greatest privileges we can have, but it's hard. It's hard because no two kids are alike....
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Tessa Sanchez
Jun 33 min
Olympic digital responders needed
In front of an Olympic venue, her phone camera hovers over the Olympic pin. The link appears and she selects her language, scans the...
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Baptist Beacon
Jun 33 min
5 Questions for Churches Helping Other Churches
As my good friend Mark Hallock says: “We can’t do this alone, which is why a replanting movement must be made up of churches, pastors and...
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