What is being called the largest single-day baptism event in U.S. history took place on Saturday at Huntington Beach, California.
“It was the second year in a row for the ‘Baptize California’ gathering, which saw 6,000 baptized along Huntington Beach last year but a record 7,750 this year,” Crosswalk.com reported.
Recording artist and worship leader Sean Feucht noted prior to the event: “What good can come from California? Well, today the world will witness the largest recorded baptism in history! Revival is taking over Huntington Beach and it begins at noon!”
Some 30,000 people were in attendance as "the all-day event stretched until the evening, with men and women, young and old alike, lining up to publicly declare their faith in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean as well as in portable baptistries," the report said.
"You were part of the largest water baptism in American history," pastor Mark Francey of Oceans Church, which hosted the event, told the crowd. "Who thinks that God could do it in the other states of America?"
The report noted that the first person baptized at Saturday's event, a 71-year-old woman, told organizers she had considered baptism for 40 years but kept procrastinating.
"We now baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit," Francey said as the woman entered the ocean. "We pray that you would rise up out of these waters with a new nature and a new life."
Organizers are planning another such event for June 8 (Pentecost Sunday) on a national level.
Francey is one of the pastors behind "Baptize America," in which thousands of U.S. churches are expected to participate in what is being called the "largest synchronized baptism in history."
"We're going to flood local churches in every single one of our states, and we're going to see a mass water baptism across our land," Francey said.
The "Baptize America" event will display that “our nation and the nations of the earth will bear witness that God is not done with America. It will be saved.”
💧GREAT BAPTISM REVIVAL
‼️BREAKING - 7,750 BAPTISMS Yesterday at Huntington Beach in Southern California. Largest water baptism in history! 🙌 #BaptizeCalifornia #BaptizeAmerica (Vid & News Credit @rj_mccauley) pic.twitter.com/EZAcyBbUsH — Dr. Malachi - (Dr. Run) (@malachiobrien) May 4, 2025
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