Reports suggest that as a part of “Baptize America,” over 26,000 people were baptized, with more than 650 churches participating across all 50 states in the United States of America. The wave began in California two years ago, during the “Baptize California” event, where around 4,000 people got baptized. In the following year, the number increased to 6,000 people. This year, 7,500 people got baptized in a single day. The wave continues today, spearheaded by Pastor Mark and Rachelle Francey; the number of people surged to over 26,000—an immense attestation of the highly perceptible transformation occurring in people, stirring their hearts and willingness to give their lives to Jesus. It is the most significant number of simultaneous baptisms that occurred in history. A shared testimony signifies that seeing many people experience Jesus was incredible. The transformation is empirical; many baptized testified that they are saved from their destructive lives, emphasizing what their life would have been like without Jesus, leading to jail, death, or destruction; they attested to the transformative power of Jesus Christ and a hope for a renewed life. People also affirmed that they felt God’s presence. “The prayer of Jesus in John was that we would become one,” said Pastor Mark Francey, one of the organizers. “And I think that is what we are seeing right now — a unity around what we all agree on, which is water baptism.” Thousands of people united together in one belief and one purpose. The anticipation for the rise in the number of people experiencing God increases, expecting the number of people to reach 40,000 in the following months.
