July 20, 2012
Muslim Background Believers and Baptism
Baptizing new believers in a violent culture can either hinder church growth and provoke unnecessary persecution or ignite a thriving community of faith. The key lies in understanding both who performs the baptism and to whom the new believer belongs.
Baptizing new believers in a culture of violence will do one of two things - stop the growth of the church and generate unnecessary persecution, or spark the growth of a new community of faith. It’s a question of to whom does the new believer belong as well as WHO does the baptizing…
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