Some Simply Christianity news
I have some exciting news, which I have thought about blogging all week, and just haven't. Last weekend we had a baptism service at my church down in the Harbour, and one of the people who came along to Simply Christianity last year, when I was helping lead it, was baptised.
The somewhat sad thing is, I had no idea, so I wasn’t actually there for the occasion. This particular girl didn’t make it each week to Simply Christianity, and we didn’t get her contact details when she was there. But, she had said she had been going along occasionally to a different congregation to the one I attend, so I asked one of the pastors who goes regularly to that congregation to keep an eye out for her, and obviously she has done a splendid job at that, as this girl has now made a public declaration of faith. So, that is very exciting!
I hesitate to say things on the internet that could make a person’s life difficult, but this girl comes from a country, where, let’s just say, Christianity is more than actively discouraged, so it is so amazing. I am encouraged by seeing the power of the gospel over people's lives even in such situations, where everything about their upbringing and history is intended to make it difficult.