https://www.briancederquist.com/home daily 1.0 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629f95367d27015bef411910/1654719388180-I2JISG1TQCW1MXQHJ1E8/Prayer+Meeting.jpg Brian Cederquist - Pastor | Bible Teacher | Disciple Making Leader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629f95367d27015bef411910/83ee5e9a-0bf7-477c-99fc-e35ec363f187/8947.jpg Brian Cederquist - Pastor | Bible Teacher | Disciple Making Leader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629f95367d27015bef411910/091a1ff0-6c65-4920-b969-218f35d4c8a7/7291.jpg Brian Cederquist - Pastor | Bible Teacher | Disciple Making Leader https://www.briancederquist.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629f95367d27015bef411910/ee1b332f-2207-431f-b3e7-849f4dd4afef/Bangladesh.jpg Contact - Contact Information bcederquist@gnbcgr.org 616-455-0420 Good News Baptist Church 6830 Eastern Ave SE Grand Rapids, MI 49508 Facebook Instagram Twitter https://www.briancederquist.com/faith daily 0.75 2026-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629f95367d27015bef411910/9706f829-64e2-4a95-9351-fe15f93d8348/Pike.jpg My Personal Faith Journey - Maternal Heritage God in His sovereignty was working within my mother’s side of the family. For generations, the Pike family served in churches as deacons, pastors, teachers and funeral directors. All out of a care for others. This care for others was not founded in ourselves or our family’s tradition but was founded in God and His love for us. Many within the family, personally recognizing our sin and our need for a Savior, have claimed Romans 10:9-10, 13: “If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For with the heart one believes and is justified, and with the mouth one confesses and is saved. For ‘everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.’” Two of these faithful family members were my maternal grandparents. They served churches across the state of Michigan for over 50 years. Their investment and heritage of faith has been an excellent example to many even to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629f95367d27015bef411910/ea079967-a152-4d20-8865-bb50cd923f00/Cederquist.jpg My Personal Faith Journey - Paternal Heritage God was still sovereign and patient with my father’s side of the family. For generations many would live however their heart would desire. Then in the 1950, two men from Good News Baptist Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, stopped by and invited them to church. On a Wednesday night, they realized that they were sinners and needed a Savior and placed their faith and trust in Jesus’ finished work on the cross. This changed my paternal heritage forever, leading them to sell their home in Grand Rapids to get away from the bad influences and moving to Howard City, Michigan, to be part of a church where ultimately my maternal grandfather would become the pastor. 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