On Sunday, August 20th, 2023 7 of our Chicago church members were baptized. What an amazing work God has been doing in the lives of each person! Below are the chosen key verses for each of those who were baptized and a short video recap of how God touched their lives.
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Andriad “Kirt” (Oakton): Philippians 1:21 “For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.”
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Danny M. (UIC): Titus 3:5 “he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,” & Psalm 23:7a “The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;”
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Nick P. (Churchwide): John 3:16 & 17 “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.”
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Joshua W. (HBF): “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.”
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Andrew A. (HBF): 2 Peter 3:18 “But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity. Amen.”
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Brenda G. (UIC): Ephesians 2:8 “For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God,”
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Joaly D. (Loyola): Romans 15:13 “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”
