Source: Crosswalk, June 9, 2025<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 26,000 individuals across the United States were baptized on Sunday [June 8] in what is believed to be the largest synchronized baptism event in the nation\u2019s history. Dubbed \u201cBaptize America,\u201d the one-day initiative saw 26,657 individuals baptized and 6,445 salvations recorded across 1,080 baptism events hosted by 650 churches in all 50 states, according to preliminary numbers. Organizers on Sunday night said about 10 percent of churches had yet to report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis wasn\u2019t just about a moment in the water; it was about launching people into a life with Jesus, surrounded by a community that can help them grow,\u201d [said Pastor and organizer Mark Francey of Oceans Church in California]. \u201cWe witnessed countless personal transformations and families baptized together; it was a movement of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is just the beginning,\u201d Francey said. \u201cWe believe Pentecost Sunday will be marked yearly by revival, renewal, and restoration across America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read the full story<\/a>.See also Young Evangelicals Eager for Revival in Europe<\/a> (Christianity Today).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Thailand is also setting new baptism records. The Association of Free Churches in Thailand has baptized more than 30,000 Thai believers in the last six years, many in mass baptism events. At a single event on June 12, they baptized 2,016 individuals<\/a>. We looked for a good news article to share or link to and didn\u2019t find one. Learn more about the movement as a whole in a 2024 article by Dwight Martin<\/a> (Global Missiology).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Source: Crosswalk, June 9, 2025 More than 26,000 individuals across the United States were baptized on Sunday [June 8] in what is believed to be the largest synchronized baptism event in the nation\u2019s history. Dubbed \u201cBaptize America,\u201d the one-day initiative saw 26,657 individuals baptized and 6,445 salvations recorded across 1,080 baptism events hosted by 650 … Continue reading USA: At Least 26,000 People Baptized on Pentecost Sunday<\/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-13894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13894","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=13894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13895,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13894\/revisions\/13895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}