Hundreds Baptized at Prophecy Seminar in PNG

Hundreds of people were baptized at the end of a prophecy seminar run by the Ted Wilson Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, from June 6–19.

Presented by Karl Jack, local evangelist and retired pastor, the seminar was themed “God’s Final Call”, urging attendees to give their lives to Christ. With surrounding communities affected by drug use, the seminar aimed to bring messages of hope and salvation with personal testimonies targeting young adults in the area. 

The successful initiative was the first big evangelistic meeting run by the church, but it also met a few challenges. One of the young people who decided to accept Christ faced threats from his father due to his decision. 

“This young man was convinced by the nightly messages preached. He decided to get baptized, and his own father threatened to kill him with a knife. However, he escaped and was taken care of by the senior elder of the church,” said Simon Dopi, associate pastor of the Koki Adventist Church, which supported the evangelistic initiative. 

“There was also fear of the pandemic inflicting the movement of people at the site of the meeting. However, it didn’t stop people from attending the meeting.” Dopi said the message of hope presented each night brought comfort and optimism during the present uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the end of the two-week meeting, 200 people were baptized by three guest pastors, Frank Lyambian, Aki Pawa, and Gaza Asitore, and Gershom Luke, Ted Wilson Memorial senior pastor. 

“We are already planning another big evangelistic meeting mid-next year, as well as a project to expand the church building to accommodate the newly baptized and new converts”, said Pastor Luke.

This article was originally published on the website of Adventist Record