Baptism by Fire Hose
by Phil Gons on August 28th, 2007
Nearly 800 people clothed in white were baptized in the street in front of the United House of Prayer for All People (Wikipedia) in Washington, DC—with a fire hose. The tradition is over 80 years old.
“We used to use the Potomac River,” he said, but the church’s founder, Charles “Sweet Daddy” Grace, decided to use a fire hose instead, “because a baptism involves sprinkling,” Whitner noted.
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