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Dear Cell Supervisor /Cell Leader,

 

Greetings.

 

It is that time of year again when all new Christians look forward to their water baptism on the auspicious occasion of Easter Sunday. For this year it falls on April 20, 2014. Time is fixed to be immediately after the Second service. The proceeding will be as follows:

 

12.30 noon      A brief introductory  instruction  and prayer (by pastors and leaders)

12.45 noon    Water baptism at the pool

 

Kindly get the candidates to fill in the attached application form  AND their salvation testimony,  submit to Sis Shirley Phuah  before  April 13 '14 (Sun) .

  and arrange for them to go through the lesson on water baptism with you at the cell group level before the baptism date. It might be expedient for cell groups to go through the Water Baptism lesson in the Successful Christian Living (lesson attached for your reference) on one of the cell meetings together to show support and solidarity with the candidates.

 

We share in the joy of seeing these beloved new babes in Christ taking the step of faith to affirm their faith in Christ. They are encouraged to invite their loved ones and friends to come for the Second Easter Sunday service and to witness their baptism thereafter.

 

As to their spiritual growth path, it is imperative that you guide them through the attached Spiritual growth Plan (SGP) : involve them in weekly cell life gatherings,(hold them by the hand if need be) through the Sunday ISOM modules designed to ground them solidly in the faith and imbibe the culture of New Life 365 (the 3Bs, the 6 culture of faith values for all the 5 generation groups). 

 

Towards this preferred model of discipleship for new believers,  we are moving away from viewing water baptism as a mere stand alone ceremonial  event, but rather view it as a spiritual milestone when the new believer is discipled to the stage where they have a verifiable salvation testimony and is grafted into the local church and cell life whereby they may grow to be a mature Christian and leader, albeit in the long run.   

 

 

Shalom,

Pr Patrick Lai