Baptism here is a very public thing, because most churches don't have baptistries. So we basically go to a public swimming area, pay to get in, have our service, then "take over" a section of the pool in front of everyone and do the baptisms. Invariably we draw a crowd.
Yesterday 7 people from the church were baptized...always awesome to see. In addition, and this is pretty wild...we baptized 4 other Christians that happened to see what was going on, convinced us there were indeed Christians, and who had never been baptized, but wanted to be.
This is the fourth baptism for Sendero de Vida.
November, 2005 6 people
August, 2006 8 people
June, 2007 9 people
April, 2008 7 people (yesterday)
1 comment:
That's an amazing development to have 4 professing believers at a public park who wanted to be baptized on the spot like that...here in Mexico professing such faith and being baptized publicly (or privately) often result in rejection by their families and friends (as you well know)...their stated desire to be baptized in and of itself seems to be a strong indication that their profession is real. wow...that is neat how God worked that into the event...all praise to God!
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