Thailand was the second nation to report coronavirus cases, but now has effectively contained it with countrywide lockdown and continued precautions, now celebrating 100 days without a Covid case. Now a church-planting movement celebrates another milestone that wouldn’t be possible without word of mouth conversations, house gatherings, and in-person testimonies. The Free in Jesus Christ Church Association, a Thai-led movement which focuses on village-level evangelism, held the largest baptism in its history. They baptised 1,435 people in one day; twenty ministers lined up across a waist-deep reservoir waiting for new believers to come one-by-one from the shore to proclaim their faith and be submerged for the sacrament. Bob Craft of Reach a Village ministry said, ‘We believe it is the merciful hand of God to allow the gospel to spread at this crucial time.’
Thailand: record-breaking baptism despite Covid
Written by David Fletcher 24 Sep 2020Additional Info
- Praise: God for sparing Thailand and saving so many who had not heard of Jesus until this year. (Titus 3:5)
- More: www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/september/thailand-largest-baptism-covid-fjcca-reach-village.html
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