The Seventh-day Adventist Church recently held a baptismal ceremony in Papua New Guinea, where a reported 300,000 people were baptized. according to Adventist Today, The baptism was part of a joint effort between the South Pacific Division, the Papua New Guinea United Mission (PNGUM), the General Conference and Adventist World Radio.
The event lasted two weeks and was attended by the Rev. Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, who and his wife, Nancy, spoke at the event every day as the mission traveled through New Guinea spreading the gospel.
“According to the latest information from the South Pacific Division and the United Missions of Papua New Guinea, 278,369 people have been baptized in PNG for Christ to date, but only about 52 percent of our more than 2,000 sites have reported,” Wilson said in a statement on May 19. “This is a miracle from God! We expect to hear many more reports in the coming days.”
according to Face WireHe later confirmed that the number had exceeded 300,000 and said the baptisms were evidence that “the power of the Holy Spirit is being poured out on Papua New Guinea”.
Due to the large numbers of people being baptized, some of the pools could accommodate up to 1,000 people.
of Adventist Records They also shared reports of “drug lords burning marijuana grow sites and being baptized, prisoners responding to the call, entire villages declaring themselves Adventists, healings occurring, and people understanding the teachings of the gospel in their own language.”
PNGUM’s Director of Personal Missions, Rev. Miller Kuso, coordinated PNG for Christ and oversaw 2,000 events across the country, including in several provinces. Remote location.
“It has been a great privilege and honor for me to visit different places around the country,” he told the Adventist Record. [the almost 300 international speakers] We are grateful to you for standing with PNGUM as a movement to bring a message of hope and salvation to the people of this great country of Papua New Guinea.”
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