After six weeks of online spiritual messages hosted by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, a total of 4,213 persons joined the church through baptism during the Footprints of Hope Online Evangelistic Series.
The series, which featured keynote speaker and evangelist Glen O. Samuels, was possible thanks to coordinated efforts by evangelism teams on the ground throughout the English-speaking regions of the Inter-American Division, namely Jamaica, Atlantic Caribbean, The Caribbean, Dutch Caribbean and Belize.
Pastor Chirnus Isidore is about to baptize a new believer into the Adventist Church in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, The Bahamas, during the Footprints of Hope Online Evangelistic Series held to impact the English-speaking regions across Inter-America, Jan. 15, to Feb. 25, 2022. The series drew more than 4,200 baptisms last month after the months-long preparation efforts on the ground and on Youtube, radio, and various social media platforms. :: Photo credit: Amelia Gomez
Pastor Glen O. Samuels, evangelist and president of the Adventist Church in West Jamaica was the keynote speaker of the Footprints of Hope Online Evangelistic Series, was hosted by the Jamaica Union in Montego Bay, in coordination with Inter-America’s Atlantic Caribbean Union, Belize Union, Caribbean Union, and the Dutch Caribbean Union this year. :: Photo credit: IAD Screenshot
“Breaking the evangelistic glass ceiling”
“The Holy Spirit has broken the evangelistic glass ceiling in many ways through intercessory prayer, the finest technical team and a global audience and baptism of souls,” said Pastor Samuel Telemaque, Sabbath School and Adventist Mission director for the church in Inter-America and main coordinator of the Footprints of Hope Series. The online series was the first among five online regional campaigns which is grouping Inter-America’s 24 unions, for collaborative, integrated evangelistic efforts this year as the IAD celebrates 100 years since it was established as an organized division territory.
From Jan. 15 to Feb. 25, 2022, thousands from across the Caribbean, Central America, North America, Asia, Europe and other parts of the world watched and listened via YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms, Free-to-Air Television, cable, radio and Hope Beyond.net as Pastor Samuels spoke.
From L-R: Allan Green, main host of the “Footprints of Hope Online Evangelistic Series”, is joined by Kamara Dixon, Denise Lawson-Leslie and Sashalyn Haye during the evening programs held Jan. 15 to Feb. 25, 2022, from Montego Bay, Jamaica. :: Photo credit: Nigel Coke
Believers traveling to Jamaica for baptism
One of the hundreds baptized on the final day of the series on Feb. 26, was 86-year old Maudlyn Linton-Young, who flew from Tampa, Florida, United States, to get baptized.
“What prompted me to come down was Reverend Glen O. Samuels,” said Linton. “The greatest preacher I have ever known was Billy Graham, but this ‘Glen O’, how my grand-niece calls him, he can preach and he would tell where to find everything in the Bible and I would write it down and read it the next day.”
It was a watershed experience for the church, said Pastor Everett Brown, president of the church in Jamaica and chairman of the planning committee for the online series.
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