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baptize

verb as in initiate in church rite

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“As a missionary, we didn’t have to receive special permission from somebody in order to baptize an undocumented individual,” she recalled.

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To this day, at the start of every new season in Statesboro, any new players or coaches are “baptized” in its magical waters.

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Once lawfully allowed in with provisional humanitarian status, they found our church — where they could be baptized and publicly profess their faith in Jesus — and legal help to begin their asylum request.

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In 2024, he doubled down on his commitment to Christianity and was baptized in the River Thames.

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He knows the rules better than most baptized Catholics.

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