A Milestone to Share
To make water baptism a public witness to as many as possible, one West Coast church provides invitations for each candidate to mail out. Friends, relatives, and associates at work receive a printed card:
We invite you to join us
for a celebration of
Christian joy
as
[Name]
becomes obedient to the Lord through
Christian baptism
on
[Date]
at
Valley Christian Church
811 Marylin Ave.
Livermore, CA 94550
10:45 a.m.
"We've used these for more than a year now," says Pastor Larry Trummel, "and people have been excited about the number of friends attending. One man was responsible for 30 individuals all by himself the morning he was baptized."
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