Originally published in God Reports Stories of older Christians being baptiz=sed are serving as a reminder that it is never too late to take a step of obedience. One of those is Bernice Oliver at Glasgow Baptist Church in Glasgow, Ky. Erdie Carter, senior pastor at Glasgow, said Bernice’s wife […]
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Little girl leads her entire family to Jesus
Originally published in God TV To lead the whole family to Jesus has always been a believer’s prayer after being the first to be saved in the family. That is why when the news of a little girl who led her whole family to Jesus went viral, it stirred hope […]
WATCH: Record 6 630 people baptised at service in Thailand
Originally published in Charisma News On October 6 630 people were baptised at one service in Thailand. According to a Reach a Village video—posted to YouTube Wednesday by Dwight Martin—that makes it “the largest baptism event ever held among the Thai people”. The baptisms are the result of a church-planting […]
Great-great-grandfather saved, baptised just shy of 91st birthday
Originally published in Faithwire News In a Facebook post that perfectly proves Isaiah 59:1, a great-great-grandfather accepted Jesus and got baptised, after decades of putting the decision on the back burner, out of sight and out of mind. The decision was spurred on as health issues began to mount and […]
Archaeologists discover 1 500-year-old painting of Jesus being baptised
Originally published in Christian Headlines Archaeologists have discovered a 1 500-year-old painting of Jesus they say is the oldest known depiction in Israel of Christ being baptised. The painting was found inside a church in the Negev Desert of southern Israel and dates to the Byzantine empire. The church was […]
Brush with death leads to life for Jewish soldier — Charles Gardner
As we remember the death of Jesus in fulfilment of Passover, we also celebrate the resurrection miracle of God’s great deliverance from slavery into freedom. And for a bang up-to-date example of that, we need look no further than the testimony of Orthodox Jew Yonatan Perry. Having turned away from […]
Mass baptism in front of PE City Hall on Saturday
About 50 believers will be baptised in front of the Port Elizabeth City Hall on Saturday morning during a service symbolising the burial of the old city and rising up of the new. “To my knowledge this is the first time in the history of South Africa that such a service […]
20 Iranian Christians embark on secret journey to celebrate baptism
Originally published in CBN News This may come as a surprise to many of our readers: Christianity is growing faster in Iran than in any other country in the world. The population there is overwhelmingly Muslim, yet tens of thousands are abandoning the faith. On a recent Friday afternoon, some […]
Harvest at KMMC prayer tent was plentiful
If only for one soul being saved, then all the prayers, sacrifices, time, work and preparation for the Karoo Mighty Men Conference would have been worthwhile — this has been a principle on which the KMMC organising committee has stood in its seven years of bringing the event to the […]
Growing number of Muslim background believers boosts church growth in Europe
Compiled from reports in The Guardian and Christianity Today A growing number of Muslim refugees in Europe are converting to Christianity, according to churches, which have conducted mass baptisms in some places. Reliable data on conversions is not available but anecdotal evidence suggests a pattern of rising church attendance by […]