tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479084653595377161.post8147176307891831485..comments2023-06-05T07:42:09.013-04:00Comments on Unusual Kentucky: Coach takes Kids to be Baptized on School TripJSHhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16374181573983302824noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479084653595377161.post-70597697698687686932009-09-10T20:25:55.973-04:002009-09-10T20:25:55.973-04:00I am all for religious conviction, but this instan...I am all for religious conviction, but this instance strikes me fishy. These students were clearly influenced by pressure from adults (who were supposed to be acting as role models) to accept something they may not have done otherwise. I do not belive their decisions to be babtized came from the heart as a sign of devoting themselves to Jesus, but from pressure from those they looked up to. This situation puts me in the mind of cult characteristics, which is scary. There are better ways to increase the membership of a chuch community.I agree with PreachOn's comments whole-heartedly.blueroc85https://www.blogger.com/profile/09884242838833034258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479084653595377161.post-69176305598941479462009-09-09T21:04:25.511-04:002009-09-09T21:04:25.511-04:00Pretty bad when you cant complain to the superinte...Pretty bad when you cant complain to the superintendent since the superintendent was in on the whole thing and thinks its perfectly normal to allow baptisms without parent consent! I hope Janet Meeks loses her job over this but this being Kentucky, she probably wont.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06131403521607857067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479084653595377161.post-88893919174087379622009-09-09T20:07:18.919-04:002009-09-09T20:07:18.919-04:00Wow, brutal on so many levels.Wow, brutal on so many levels.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04590235714471448134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7479084653595377161.post-64731862322523353882009-09-09T16:46:22.471-04:002009-09-09T16:46:22.471-04:00This story got hundreds of comments on the Courier...This story got hundreds of comments on the Courier-Journal website.<br /><br />My concern, as a pastor, is not so much about the coach and his taking the team to a revival, as it is about instantaneous conversions, immediate baptisms, and no incorporation into a community of faith. I see here that old but erroneous assumption that getting people stirred up and then baptized puts them in right relationship with God. It is a whole lot more complex than that.PreachOnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13223223945034880034noreply@blogger.com