Baptisms at midnight and in Atlantic Ocean kick off effort to baptize 1 million in year
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (BP)--Twenty-two people from 12 churches in Florida took the baptismal plunge in the Atlantic Ocean Oct. 1, marking some of the first baptisms in what Southern Baptist Convention President Bobby Welch hopes will be 1 million converts and baptisms within the next 12 months.
