Over the past two weeks we’ve seen over 1000 people baptized through our spontaneous baptism series, Awakening. It has been the most deeply meaningful event I’ve experienced in my short time as a pastor.
I’d like to challenge and encourage all of the pastors and church leaders who read this blog to consider leading your church through 2 weeks of spontaneous baptisms before the end of 2008. Of course, this idea isn’t original with us.
And we certainly aren’t naïve enough to believe that the format is right for everyone.
But I am so inspired by what God has done in our church through the process of this Awakening series, and so proud of the processes that our staff and volunteers have put together that I’d like to offer all of our resources to you.
So we’re open sourcing all things related to our spontaneous baptisms. You’ll have access to everything from the sermons I preached, to our series graphics, to the logistics of how we baptized over 1000 people in 2 weeks in 2 portable locations…really, everything you need from a practical standpoint to set the stage and pull this off.
You’ll be surprised how comprehensively our staff has broken it down. And if we can help save you the hundreds of hours that this type of detailed planning involves, we’re glad to do it.
All of this is free of charge.
One condition: if you decide to lead your church in spontaneous baptisms, please let us know about the great things God does. We want to celebrate with you.
I pray that hundreds of you will take the plunge and do this. It has created more momentum and fervor in our church than you can possibly imagine.
