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The 2026 Baptism Wave: Beaches, Campuses and Record Sundays
2026 has produced an extraordinary concentration of public baptisms: more than 17,900 across 49 countries on a single day in May, 2,552 at one beach service in Jacksonville, and a 137-year-old North Carolina church breaking its own record two years running.
Baptism is a public beginning, not a finish line. The stories below are worth celebrating — and worth reading alongside the guide, which asks the harder question of what happens next.
Every story on mass baptisms
'What a Night, What a God': The College Revival Reaches Pepperdine
Thousands of students gathered at Pepperdine University in Malibu. Hundreds chose Christ. Many were baptised on the spot. UniteUS has now reached more than 100,000 students since autumn 2023.
458 Baptisms in One Day: A 137-Year-Old Church Breaks Its Own Record
On 13 September, Biltmore Church baptised 458 people in a single day — the largest in its 137-year history, and a jump on the 389 it recorded just last year.
The Weekend Kingdom Briefing: Baptism, Belonging, Freedom and Costly Worship
This weekend's briefing follows public baptisms in Britain, new research on young men's loneliness, international religious-freedom appointments and believers who worship under pressure.
A Social Post Became an Ocean Baptism as More Than 170 Declared Faith in Jesus
CBN News reports that a simple online invitation, developed with local pastoral support, brought people from across the UK to the sea for baptism.
Baptisms in Pickup Trucks: The College Revival That Refuses to Slow Down
There was no water tank, so they filled the bed of a pickup truck. That image — students baptised in a truck bed on a university campus — has become the emblem of the UniteUS movement.
'America Is Hungry': A Canvas Tent, and Hundreds Born Again in a Field
No auditorium. No production budget. A canvas tent in a field, folding chairs, and a portable tank out back — and CBN News reports record salvations and baptisms as it moves across the country.
10,000 Baptisms in a Single Weekend: The Harvest Is Here
In what is being called one of the most significant harvest events of the decade, over 10,000 people were baptized across 50 cities in a single weekend.