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Reality TV star, author, and survivalist Bear Grylls recently checked off a bucket list item as he was baptized in the Jordan River, fulfilling what he called a lifelong “dream of mine.” Grylls wrote in a post on X, “It had always been a dream of mine to get in the water that Jesus was…

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A Texas church recently reported a “record-breaking number of baptisms” for the third year in a row. Still, instead of merely focusing on the members, Champion Forest in Houston, Texas, noted each of the “755 souls publicly declaring their faith in Christ” represents something far more significant than mere statistics. In a post on X,…

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Former Buffalo Bills quarterback and NFL Hall of Famer Jim Kelly recently shared how God has changed his life after his recent public declaration of faith during a baptism over the summer. The 63-year-old, who led the Bills to four Super Bowl appearances in the 1990s, took to Instagram to share a video of his…

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Over 200 students at an Alabama college were baptized in one night after a campus worship program reportedly attended by hundreds. The baptisms took place in a lake at Auburn’s Red Barn venue, about a half mile from Auburn University’s Neville Arena, the site of a “Unite Auburn” worship event that drew a massive crowd.…

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Over 150 U.S. Army soldiers were baptized during basic training at Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri this summer. Southern Baptist Convention chaplain Cpt. Logan Lair told Baptist Press that trainees have been “hungry to learn about spirituality and their spiritual strength,” with 84 getting baptized in July and 73 in August. Lair said he was…
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