Two districts in Panay hold baptisms

Panay Island, situated in the Western Visayas, Philippines, is home to five districts of the Church Of Christ. On September 28, 2021, two of these ecclesiastical districts conducted baptisms of new converts.

In the Ecclesiastical District of Iloilo South, the candidates for baptism from various local congregations gathered at the house of worship of the Local Congregation of Iloilo City. There, they received further biblical instructions prior to their immersion into the water.

Brother Azriel Pelaez, district supervising minister, reminded them through a Bible-based lesson of the need to always be determined in their faith in order to triumph in their Christian service towards attaining salvation on Judgment Day.

One of the newly baptized brethren, Daruel Esparagosa, now enlisted in the Iloilo City Local Congregation, expressed, “I am happy that I am now a member of the Church Of Christ. I will apply in my life what I have learned in the Church like being prayerful and giving importance to the worship services.”