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350 People Baptized In Jesus Name
This weekend was one of our quarterly baptismal services where we leave our normal schedule of going through books of the bible verse by verse and chapter by chapter and the sermon is about baptism followed by baptisms. (we don't have a baptistry at our church so a portable tank is brought in for baptisms)
Today the pastor stated that in the 4 years our church has been in existence a total of about 350 people have been baptized in Jesus name.
This weekend was one of our quarterly Friday night Praise & Worship services that started the ball rolling with a baptismal service at the conclusion. 10 people were baptized then.
This morning at the 9 am service 4 more were baptized and my wife just got home from the 11 am service and said about 7 people were baptized at it.
We have one more service to go today (6pm) which I think is our largest and
certainly the one with the youngest demographic (lots of college kids). it wiill be interesting to see how many are baptized then. Right now the total for this weekend is about 20.
The last time we did a Praise & Worship Friday and Baptism weekend we baptized a total of 43 people.
I will update with a total after tonight and try to remember down the road when the baptism sermon comes on up our website to post a link in case anybody wants to watch it. The podcast of the sermon should be up on itunes probably tomorrow. (you could search by the pastor's name "Corey Trimble" or the church name "The Experience Community".
EDIT UPDATE - TOTAL COUNT FOR FOLKS BAPTIZED THIS WEEKEND IS 41
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"I think some people love spiritual bondage just the way some people love physical bondage. It makes them feel secure. In the end though it is not healthy for the one who is lost over it or the one who is lives under the oppression even if by their own choice"
Titus2woman on AFF
"We did not wear uniforms. The lady workers dressed in the current fashions of the day, ...silks...satins...jewels or whatever they happened to possess. They were very smartly turned out, so that they made an impressive appearance on the streets where a large part of our work was conducted in the early years.
"It was not until long after, when former Holiness preachers had become part of us, that strict plainness of dress began to be taught.
"Although Entire Sanctification was preached at the beginning of the Movement, it was from a Wesleyan viewpoint, and had in it very little of the later Holiness Movement characteristics. Nothing was ever said about apparel, for everyone was so taken up with the Lord that mode of dress seemingly never occurred to any of us."
Quote from Ethel Goss (widow of 1st UPC Gen Supt. Howard Goss) book "The Winds of God"
Last edited by CC1; 08-11-2013 at 09:11 PM.
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