Baptism Sunday

October 23, 2020 | KSC News

On Sunday, October 25, three believers will be baptized at King Street Church.  These are their testimonies:

 

Izaiah Stouffer                                                                     

I grew up in a Christian home with my mom. I accepted Jesus into my life when I was 6 years old in my mom’s car in the parking lot of Dollar General.  At that moment my mom and I prayed. I asked for forgiveness of my sins and asked Jesus to come into my heart.  I knew this was something I wanted to do so I can go to heaven one day.

Reading my Bible is part of my joy in worshipping Jesus.  Jesus has blessed me and given me an awesome mom who loves me very much, and an awesome mentor father who does dad fun things with me. I have a little brother who I can play with so that I don’t have to play alone.  I am so thankful that I have Jesus in my life.  He is always there for me and looking out for me.

I am ready to take this next step to be baptized today.  I know it’s the next step in my faith journey and I am ready to publicly make my commitment to Jesus.

 

 Josiah Stouffer

I have always believed in Jesus.  I know Jesus loves me and died for my sins. I recently made a decision on my own to ask Jesus into my heart.  I was sitting at our kitchen table with my mommy and big brother doing our morning devotions.  That morning, we were talking about sins, Jesus dying for me, forgiveness, and heaven.  My mommy told me I had to make a decision.  She couldn’t do it for me.  It was a decision I had to make by myself.  That morning, I accepted Jesus in my heart and mommy prayed with me.  I asked Jesus to forgive me of my sins and to come into my heart and life that day.

So, today, I am ready to take the next step to be baptized because it is what Jesus wants me to do.

 

Nina Stouffer                                                            

When I was young I didn’t grow up in a Christian home and I didn’t know Jesus. When I was four, I was placed with a foster family who are now my adopted parents.  They introduced me to church.

Growing up, I have always believed in Jesus. But I didn’t live my life for Him. I have encountered struggles that weren’t pleasant.  I didn’t have a strong relationship with Him like I should have.  That all changed when I saw the “Passion  of the Christ” for the first time.

That’s when I realized everything that He has done for me.  I needed Him in my life more than ever.  I needed to get right with Jesus and ask Him for forgiveness.  Not only did I need to do that, I had two little boys who needed to know Him, as well.  That day in June of 2013, on my 28th birthday, I committed my life to Jesus. I committed to knowing and serving Him and teaching my boys His ways and not my own.

So I am ready to take this next step in my faith journey to be baptized today and publically make my commitment to Jesus.

 

 


Plan now for our next Baptismal Service 

The baptismal service will be held on Sunday, December 27.  Video taping of testimonies will be done on Sunday, December 6 and
Sunday, December 13. If you are interested in participating, please contact Molly Shull at mshull@kschurch.org.

 

Baptism pictures the true meaning of salvation:

What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? By no means! We died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”  Romans 6:1-4

 

Baptism is commanded by Jesus of His followers:

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” Matthew 28: 19 – 20