SIERRA LEONE: Baptisms by Motorcycle Light

This remote jungle church recently held its first baptism service.

A Front-Line Worker visited a remote part of northern Sierra Leone to participate in the first baptismal service of a newly planted church. Reaching the church required traveling by truck and then motorcycle for hours over a series of rough dirt roads and paths.

After the worker arrived and participated in a church service, the congregation walked to a river for the baptism ceremony. By the time they arrived, the sun had set. “So, using the motorcycle’s lights, we had a beautiful baptism ceremony in which 31 Believers entered into the baptism waters,” the Front-Line Worker said.

Afterward, the worker distributed audio Bibles in a local language to those who were baptized. “I witnessed the joy of these people receiving the Word of God in a way they can understand,” he said. Pray that these new Christians will grow in their faith and that more churches will be established in remote areas.