Broome Anglicans were greatly encouraged by recent baptisms and confirmations.
Anglicans in the North West are praising God for his work in people’s lives, with multiple recent baptisms and confirmations.
Twelve members of Broome Anglican Church made a public profession of their faith in Jesus during a service at Entrance Point Beach.
Ven Michael Baines said the beachside service, where three people were baptised and nine confirmed, ranked among his most joyful experiences in thirteen years of vocational ministry.
“To see that many people wanting to stand up and make a public profession of faith in Christ was absolutely wonderful,” he said.
“Having the Bishop in town is an opportunity to run confirmations so I spoke with church members and asked around and twelve people approached me about being confirmed or baptised,” he said.
The candidates completed a series of four preparation session on the topics ‘Good News’, ‘Faith’, ‘Hope’ and ‘Love’, which included working through a catechism and talking about keystone habits like Bible reading, prayer and church.
About 60 church members and invited guests came along to witness the 12 who wanted to stand and be counted for Jesus.
“One of the candidates asked to share his testimony at the service because it was important for him to tell his invited friends why he was doing this,” Michael said.
Some 2000km south of Broome, at Dongara, Rev David Thompson also baptised two young men. The pair had grown up attending the church, but only recently committed to following Jesus themselves. Rev Greg Harris, Bush Church Aid National Director, was visiting and spoke about living lives that are 'all in' for Jesus.
After the service, the two men were baptised in the ocean at Port Denison. It was a wonderful public testimony to their decision to be 'all in' for Jesus and a great encouragement for the local church.