{"id":37925,"date":"2023-06-05T15:06:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=37925"},"modified":"2023-06-05T15:06:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-05T22:06:19","slug":"jesus-movement-celebrates-biggest-water-baptism-in-u-s-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/jesus-movement-celebrates-biggest-water-baptism-in-u-s-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Jesus Movement Celebrates \u2018Biggest Water Baptism\u2019 in U.S. History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
More than 4,000 people were baptized in a single ceremony in southern California last Sunday to mark the 50th<\/sup> anniversary of the Jesus Movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Baptize SoCal was touted<\/a> as \u201cthe biggest water baptism in history\u201d as 4,166 people were baptized in Pirate\u2019s Cove, marking their acceptance of Jesus Christ and entry into the Christian church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mass event was organized by Oceans Church, a ministry located in Orange County, and involved the participation of more than 280 churches and 8,000 attendees on Pentecost Sunday, which marks the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhat an amazing and historic day,\u201d West Coast Life Church pastor Ray Gene Wilson said<\/a>. \u201cThousands baptized at Pirates Cove. God is moving in California.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Over the same weekend, hundreds also gathered<\/a> on Pensacola Beach in Florida to pray, worship, and receive Christ, and many were baptized in the ocean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Jesus Movement, an evangelical Christian movement that began on the West Coast of the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, was commemorated earlier this year with the release of the hit movie<\/a> Jesus Revolution<\/em>. The film chronicled the coming to faith of prominent pastor and evangelist Greg Laurie as the Jesus Movement was spreading in America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n