The seventh-eighth grade session of Christian camping is ending today at Wiregrass Christian Youth Camp, Chancellor, AL. At the final luncheon today all those who were baptized into Christ for the remission of their sins this week were asked to gather in a corner of the beautiful Uhrig dining hall. Twenty-three young people from different areas of the country gathered around the long tables.
Scenes in the dining hall during the lunch hour showed young people expressing their love for each other with hugs, gentle pats, tears, and joyful laughter. Around 150 seventh-eighth graders along with staff and personnel gathered at the lower Alabama camp for a week of Christian camping. Twenty three are leaving as new babes in Christ. To God goes the glory.
2019-07-15 at 7:33 am
Good afternoon Sister Glenda,
I pray this meets you and your preacher husband doing well in the Lord’s Kingdom. I am Kwabena Gyan-Mante. I f it be the Lord’s will I would be sixty seven years coming August 19. I am also a preacher. I preach for the Church of Christ here in Koforidua, Ghana. I have been preaching since 1981. I enjoyed reading your post in which you prayed that you would like to marry a preacher and God answered your prayer. I hope you are enjoying what you prayed for. My wife’s name is Edith. Can you share with us some of your experiences ( both your ups and downs) for been a to a preacher. I promise to share ours with you too if you would reply this. Keep on the wonderful work that you are doing over there. May God be with you and bless you.
Warm greetings to and your husband and keep on serving the Lord faithfully!
In His service,
Kwabena Gyan-Mante.
2020-03-08 at 10:51 pm
My apologies for not seeing your note sooner dear brother. Yes, indeed, Douglas and I have had a wonderful life together. We will be married 55 years this December if it is God’s will. It has been the joy of my life to work along side him in his work as a preacher. Ups and downs? I suppose we have had some, but we’ve always known we had each other. Quite frankly, there has been so much good I don’t recall any downs. We’ve prayed a lot and have become a true team for the Lord. God bless you and your wife, Edith.
2019-07-15 at 6:02 pm
In reading the article about 23 baptisms at a Bible Camp among those identified as seventh-eighth grade, does it not strike any of us as strange that we read of no such conversions in the Book of Acts? Each case seems to be adult men and women. In the case of Cornelius, “he called together his relatives and close friends” (Acts 10:24, English Standard Version). Of the “relatives” nothing is said of the ages or the specific relationship to Cornelius. In the case of the conversion of the Philippian jailor we read “he and all who were in his house” and “all his family” were baptized (Acts 16:32,33) but again we cannot prove any of the ages of the family. This is really not that complicated. You are not old enough or mature enough to become a Christian until you can accept all the responsibilities that go with conversion. I don’t think that is possible at such an early age. What we do know is that Josiah who was King of Israel did not start seeking after the Lord until he was 16 years of age. I don’t see why this example could not serve as a pattern that one should at least be in his or her late teenage years before making such a commitment.
2020-03-08 at 11:03 pm
Our thinking is you don’t have to know everything to be forgiven of your sins. Both of our children, Stephanie and Art, were baptized at the age of 10. They knew what to do and why because we had taught them. These young people in camp are being taught every day. My mother was baptized as a young girl and did it because her friends wanted her to be baptized when they were at a gospel meeting. Later she was re-baptized to make sure all was right with her soul. I can understand that also. Our children have remained faithful and dedicated Christians. Our son preaches on occasion and conducts personal Bible studies while serving as a college professor. Personally, I wouldn’t want to tell a young person desiring to become a Christian they were not old enough when Jesus said to suffer the little children to come unto Him. That’s just my thinking at this late hour of the night. God bless you and those you love. Thanks.
2019-08-05 at 5:40 pm
I became a Christian at 9 years 10 months old…I had two wonderful Christian parents, a great brotherhood church family in Canton, Ohio….I went to 2 brotherhood colleges and one brotherhood graduate school…I am a faithful minister and an elder…I have been a ministry leader and a deacon…I am a father who raised 4 daughters with my wife by my side who are baptized.. Do you need any more proof that you can be a Christian at a young age??? Yes, It can happen and does happen…
2020-03-08 at 11:04 pm
God bless you.