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06-14-2015, 10:21 PM
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86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
Those of you that have read my thread about the adversity our church faced this week with an arsonist attempting to burn the church down this past Monday night will appreciate this testimony.
Approximately quarterly we have a "Praise & Worship Night" on a Friday night that is 3-4 hours of praise & worship and then a baptismal service. The baptismal theme continues through the weekend with the church services sermon deviating from whatever book of the bible we are covering to a lesson on baptism.
For the very first time we had planned for this past Friday's Praise & Worship event to be outdoors at as location away from the church. It turned out this was a blessing as it gave us more time to recover from the fire and water damage at the church (mostly water damage from the sprinkler system).
Around 1,000 people showed up for our outdoor Praise & Worship night and 24 people were baptized then. The 4 regular weekend services (Saturdays 5 pm & 7 pm and Sundays 9 am & 11 am) all featured the lesson on baptism and by the end of our last weekend service today we had baptized a total of 86 people in Jesus name!
A great way to end a week of adversity for our church. What the enemy meant for evil actually brought together our community as many other churches, government officials, etc all offered assistance and help and the distractions did not affect the move of God at our Praise & Worship event.
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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"
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06-14-2015, 11:52 PM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
Awesome!
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06-15-2015, 08:22 AM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
Great news!
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06-15-2015, 08:40 AM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
Great report, Praise God!
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06-15-2015, 08:51 AM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
Praise God!!!
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"Many Christians do not try to understand what was written in a verse in the Bible. Instead they approach the passage to prove what they already believe."
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06-15-2015, 10:02 AM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
Awesome news cc1!!!
We had one baptized last night as well. Awesome part about it was that it was a old personal friend. In the past we were far from christians, but last night our friendship was renewed, but in the light of Jesus.
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06-15-2015, 12:18 PM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
Here is a link to a short one minute or so video with some footage of some of the baptisms this weekend. I think most if not all are frrom the Friday night outdoor event.
https://vimeo.com/130755960
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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"
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06-15-2015, 04:51 PM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
Great and wondrous news! How many of them were also baptized with the Holy Ghost?
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06-15-2015, 09:21 PM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
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Originally Posted by good samaritan
Awesome news cc1!!!
We had one baptized last night as well. Awesome part about it was that it was a old personal friend. In the past we were far from christians, but last night our friendship was renewed, but in the light of Jesus.
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That is a great thing to happen! Sounds like your prior friendship will make you a good mentor.
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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"
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06-15-2015, 09:22 PM
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Re: 86 People Baptized in Jesus Name This Weekend!
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Originally Posted by Lafon
Great and wondrous news! How many of them were also baptized with the Holy Ghost?
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I don't know.
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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"
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