Source: Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, June 30, 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emmanuel Iranian Church, a CBWC congregation in North Vancouver, BC, recently had a significant day: They baptized a total of 130 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked how this came about, Pastor Arash of Emmanuel explained,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA spiritual revival is happening among Iranians …There is a void and a search for the true God in most Iranians\u2019 hearts. Jesus is one of the most respected personalities in our literature, and when Iranians get to know Him according to the Bible, they receive him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked how long it took to baptize that many people, the pastor responded, \u201cThree hours and 12 weeks!\u201d The church runs a 12-week baptism course in order to introduce Christianity, and when they feel participants are ready, they offer to baptize them. Another church in the area provided the facility for this special event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
See the full story with a few pictures<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n No story tells the whole story. See also an article about Islam\u2019s call to prayer ringing out in more US cities<\/a> (The Conversation). We found both (and more) in Justin Long\u2019s Weekly Roundup<\/a>. Thanks, Justin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Canadian Baptists of Western Canada, June 30, 2023 Emmanuel Iranian Church, a CBWC congregation in North Vancouver, BC, recently had a significant day: They baptized a total of 130 people. Asked how this came about, Pastor Arash of Emmanuel explained, \u201cA spiritual revival is happening among Iranians …There is a void and a search … Continue reading Canada: 130 Iranians Baptized in a Single Day<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12178"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12234,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12178\/revisions\/12234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}