AMAZING NEWS!
TELL EVERYONE!
I want you to get excited that God chose to set a new record among
his children here at Central Baptist Church.
For 2008 we make Central Baptist
church history - to date we have baptized 36 people. This has
never been done in the history of our church. We still have the
months of May through August in the 2007-2008 church year and God
willing HE will only add to our number those being saved.
Will you just stop reading this now
and give praise to God, shout if you want to because this is great
news for our church.
I went all the way back to the
first church report in 1959. The church was organized in 1958.
There are only 8 times in the 50 year history of this church when
more than twenty people were baptized in a year.
In 1959 Central baptized 25.
In 1972 Central baptized 34.
In 1979 Central baptized 23.
In 1980 Central baptized 23.
In 1981 Central baptized 35.
In 1982 Central baptized 29.
From 1983 through 2005, a span of
twenty-two years, Central would average only 6 baptisms per year.
From 2000 to 2005 Central only
baptized 31 people total.
In 2006, we baptized 22.
In 2007 we baptized 30.
With four months left in the church
year, we are at 36 baptisms. This is a new record for our church
breaking a 27 year old record.
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