More than 200 people were baptized along the scenic Florida coast on Easter Sunday as part of a service organized by a revivalist who once dabbled in the occult before being freed by Christ.
Jenny Weaver, a revivalist and senior leader of the leadership organization Core Group, planned and led the service, which included communion, singing, and baptism under the sunny skies of Clearwater Beach. I was disappointed. According to reports, more than 200 people were baptized. CBN.
Weaver’s Instagram account is full of photos and videos from the event, showing hundreds of people gathered in the water, on the beach and on the pier, and joyful people being baptized one by one. .
“We are reclaiming territory that Satan has stolen,” she wrote on Instagram.
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She described the scene as “like something out of the Bible or a movie.”
“It was so surreal to see this huge crowd gathered. We had to go through a magic show at the entrance to the pier to get to where we were, and the people… “He was drawn to the presence of God and left the pier.”He performed a magic show and came to the baptismal waters, where many people saw it and cried,” she wrote. “This is God’s move!!!”
Samantha Villela of Esther Awakened Ministries attended the event and said, “My family and I have changed.”
“This is just the beginning of what I believe is the recovery of our countries,” Villela said. I have written. “God is making us new and setting us apart in times like these. As we come out of the water, we remember the new life and purpose God has for us. Masu.”
Ms. Weaver was a self-proclaimed witch before becoming a Christian. She was addicted to drugs and was living on the streets, CBN reported.
“You literally feel like a demonic spirit is walking by you, like a human being is walking by you,” she told CBN. She said, “I’m touching you. I’m rubbing you against the wall.” It went from “Oh, this is going to be really fun,” to “I’m going to suffocate you until you die.” I’ll take your life. ” forever. constantly suffering. ”
After she became a Christian, she founded Core Group as a mentorship program for women, but the program has since grown to include men and children.
“People are so used to going to church, listening to sermons, high-fiving their neighbors, walking outside, and sometimes you don’t see real change, real change.” Weaver told CBN. “Women come into these groups expecting to have an encounter with God.”
The mass baptism probably won’t be the last, she said.
“Resurrection is here!!!” she wrote. “I’m praying where we do it next.”
Image credit: Jenny Weaver/Core Group
Michael Faust has covered the intersection of faith and news for 20 years. His story was published in Baptist Press. Christianity Today, Christian Poecent, of leaf chronicle, of toronto star and of knoxville news sentinel.
