Northeast Church Celebrates 21 Baptisms

Story by Evan Knott

The Northeast church in Parkville, Md., recently celebrated the baptisms of 21 new members following a two-week evangelistic series led by wellknown Caribbean evangelist Glen Samuels, president of the West Jamaica Conference in the Inter-American Division. Four additional baptisms will take place before the end of the year.

The series included powerful appeals by Samuels for people to surrender their lives to Christ. In addition to robust in-person attendance, the online broadcasts of the meetings received more than 18,000 views.

“Even though we’re a small church, we want to reach thousands,” says Anibal Hansell, pastor of Northeast. “This is the kind of ministry the church wants to be involved in.”

The two-week reaping series came after months of strategic evangelism programming. In February, the church hosted a series called “Together in Faith” that integrated relationship themes with biblical lessons. Professional therapists and family counselors provided lectures on relationships, followed by Bible studies that connected spiritual concepts with practical applications. Additional evangelistic efforts at Northeast this year included an online community Bible school and hiring Bible workers to develop Bible study interests.