73 Baptized During Hispanic Evangelism Efforts

73 Baptized During Hispanic Evangelism Efforts

Story by Tiffany Doss

Twenty-two Hispanic churches in the Potomac Conference recently participated in a week of evangelism as a preamble to a large crusade featuring international evangelist Alejandro Bullón, an international evangelist. These small church efforts helped lead 41 people to choose baptism. “We encourage our nearby churches to do their own evangelism, because it’s less intimidating for visitors to become acquainted in a smaller church setting,” explains Jose Esposito, director for Hispanic Ministries. “By the end of the series, many of our newcomers felt comfortable and fired up enough to attend our bigger event.”

Bullón presented the messages themed “Hope Lives!” at the weeklong crusade held at the Southern Asian church (SASDAC) in Burtonsville, Md. The messages focused on the heavenly sanctuary and highlighted the hope that Jesus brings each day. Every night more than 1,000 people attended, with more than 1,400 attending on the last Sabbath. More than 100 people accepted Jesus as their Savior and 32 chose baptism during the meetings.

On the last Sabbath, Franklin David, SASDAC senior pastor, not only welcomed everyone to the event that day, but also mentioned that the doors to his church were open to anyone that wanted to learn about Jesus, no matter what language they spoke.

“Our prayers were answered, the gospel was preached, pastors joyously baptized new souls, Christ was exalted and the mission was accomplished,” says Esposito.