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On the Supreme Court Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade

Like the Dred Scott decision and Plessy v Ferguson, Roe is finally on the trash heap of history where it belongs. In law school I was “randomly” called on to explain Roe by my Constitutional Law professor (who I later found out was a closet conservative.) As the only outspoken Christian in my class, in …

The Next Step 2022

The Next Step 2022 On March 6, 2022, the church will host a special Sunday with music, preaching, planning, and a catered lunch. Consider the opportunities to be a part of God’s calling through our local church. The Lord has brought His church together for this special time. The Next Step is the most forward-looking …

2022 Vision for the Lord’s Work

Community Baptist Church of Lansing, Michigan 2022 Vision for the Lord’s Work 2 Samuel 22:33 God is my strength and power: and he maketh my way perfect. “GOD IS MY STRENGTH” 1. God’s strength is observed in His Word. A. Strength through personal worship of God. B. Strength through public worship of God in church. …

“When I am weak, then am I strong”

“When I am weak, then am I strong” No one catches fish every time they fish, that is why, my eight-year-old grandson Stephen explained to his siblings, “it is called fishing not catching!” The important things in life don’t always give immediate rewards, as a matter of fact often much is learned through defeat, struggle, …

Pastor Jackson and Pastor Joe Jackson with wife Kyla and their three children

Pastor Joe Jackson gets his PhD in Counseling

  Congrats Dr. Joe Jackson! Associate Pastor Joseph Christian Jackson Continues with Ph.D. in Christian Counselling… Praise the Lord for His leading in ministry. It really is phenomenal to know that God knows all! When the church decided to offer a position of service in the ministry to Joseph Jackson on May 12, 2009, the …

“In Times Like These”

2 Timothy 3:1 “This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.” The goodness of God allows the believer to follow the Lord in times like these. Mrs. Ruth Caye Jones (1902-1972) the mother of five children, married to a busy pastor, being an untrained musician, sat down one day and penned …

Thoughts and Prayers about The Next Step (our Future, Present Building, and property):

Our church ministry ought to be about building people not just about classrooms, family centers, metal buildings, brick, and mortar. People are forever, buildings are temporary. The Apostle Paul moved by the Holy Spirit wrote, “That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but …