(PHOTO: NEWSPRING CHURCH)
South Carolina-based NewSpring church, headed by Pastor Perry Noble, baptized 733 teenagers in Daytona Beach, Florida during their annual summer youth camp known as The Gauntlet, last week.
The Gauntlet, which is in its ninth year, gathered over 3,000 middle and high school students for a four-day event, where teens were able to experience God and fellowship among their peers.
“The thing that sets the Gauntlet apart is relationships,” said NewSpring spokeswoman Suzanne Swift to The Christian Post on Monday. “Culture offers a lot, but the hope we have in Jesus coupled with the community that students build at the Gauntlet is what makes it different. Once students experience hope in Jesus they tell everyone about it.”
In addition to the baptisms, Noble tweeted that 240 teenagers had made a decision to commit their lives to Christ, calling it the “best Gauntlet ever.”
Furthermore, two days after The Gauntlet came to an end, NewSpring’s campuses saw a record-breaking number in attendance on Sunday, with 43,341 people total.
“Numbers matter to our church because we know that every number has a name, every name has a story and every story matters to God,” said Swift. “We will always celebrate when people take a next step with Jesus. Baptism is the first next step in the life of a believer and it’s a big deal.”
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SOURCE: The Christian Post
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