How to Celebrate and Raise the Value of Baptism in Your Church

There are very few activities as a pastor that are more exciting than Baptism. Seeing new believers “go public” with their faith in Jesus and celebrating the change He’s making in their lives is amazing. So to help you raise the value of Baptism and celebrate it in your church, here’s a tip… Make a Baptism video and show it … Read More


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Theologian Wayne Grudem on Baptism

“Our justification from sins takes place at the point of saving faith, not at the point of water baptism, which usually occurs later. But if a person is already justified and has sins forgiven eternally at the point of saving faith, then baptism is not necessary for forgiveness of sins nor for the bestowal of new spiritual life. Baptism, then, is not necessary for salvation. … Read More


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7 Ways to Increase Your Baptisms – Free Webinars this Week

In all my years of coaching pastors and working with other churches, I’ve never once met a pastor who said “We’re baptizing all we can…” The truth is ALL of our churches could be baptizing more people. And Baptism ignites the fire of evangelism in a church more so than any other activity – your people get to see a … Read More


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Baptism Report – Thanks for Praying!

I shared a prayer request on Saturday about The Journey’s NYC Beach Baptism and I wanted to update you this morning… Between our NYC and South Florida locations, we have baptized 82 people in beach baptism celebrations over the last two weekends. In fact, our baptisms are up almost 30% so far this year! That means THE JOURNEY HAS BAPTIZED OVER 1,000 PEOPLE since we launched … Read More


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Impromptu Baptisms?

Here’s a note a got this week from Lon Dean (one my coaching alums from the Albany, NY area): Nelson, After attending a coaching network meeting where you talked about spontaneous baptisms, I began doing calls for people to be baptized on the spot. It’s gotten larger each time.  The last baptism we had 8 people signed up but baptized … Read More


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Church Planting Q & A – First Baptism

I “launched” a series of church planting Q & A’s last week in celebration of springtime here on my blog and in preparation for tomorrow’s LAUNCH Conference in Baltimore.  Here’s today’s question… Q: We only launched our new church a few weeks ago we and we already have close to 20 people who’ve indicated a first time decision to follow … Read More


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It’s Baptism Day!

In addition to the 6 services we conduct on a Sunday (four in Manhattan, one in Jersey City and one in Brooklyn), we are holding a special baptism service this afternoon. Pastor Taylor Field of Graffiti Community Ministries and East 7th Street Baptist Church graciously allows us to use his church (check out his books about Lower East Side Life … Read More


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