BaptismEssay Preview: BaptismReport this essayBaptismIn some religions, such as Islam and Christianity, group praying is an inseparable part of the religion. As a result, some places are built by the followers of these religions which belong to communal worship and prayer. The place of worship in Christianity is called the Church. Christianity has different branches and the followers of each branch often build and arrange their churches differently from other branches. Churches belonging to different branches of Christianity might look alike from outside, while their inside could be very different. The way that people from a specific branch practice their religion, the symbols that they have in their churches, services and time lines, occasions being celebrated, and restrictions of various kinds can also be quite different among various branches of Christianity. The church that I chose to visit was a Baptist church.
The beautiful church I visited is a part of a huge construction which is located at the intersection of the Old-Peachtree road, and Buford Highway. The building stands in a geographic location that is close to I-85, I-985 and 316 highways, which makes it easy for the people who are living in other cities to get there. The parking lot around the building is so large that it can easily accommodate about three hundred cars. The whole construction is composed of three buildings that are connected together by corridors. The first building is the Church, and the second is the building that contains about fifteen class rooms. Bible classes and some other religious classes usually take place in this building. The third building, which is smaller than the others, is a fitness center. The three buildings all have the same look from outside, but their interiors are quite different.
The Church building is a huge atrium that has a half-circle shape. About six hundred seats are installed on circular parallel lines in a way that everybody can see the center. At the center of the room there is a big stage on which musical instruments are installed. On the wall there is a white pad. On the day I visited the church, the white pads were used for showing some video picture by video projectors. Behind the stage there is a small pool that, according to what Jadah (who guided me during my visit), is used for the act of baptizing Christian disciples; which is one of the events that take place in the church building. Baptismal remission or regeneration teaches that a person is regenerated, born again – saved by the act of water baptism (www.nettally.com.). According
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The number of people on the premises is about 5,500. Every day during the week there is a small festival, at which people gather on the grass and go up to see the “Spirit” show of the Church (www.st_bresnanews.com). The festival is the last night of the month of June, which is one of the great festivals [for many years the “spirit” shows and performances were held in the neighborhood as often as twice as long each year (www.st_bresnanews.com) ]. If you visit the “spirit” show in the neighborhood your friends and family will be dancing with you. You may see some of these guys wearing T-shirts that you bought in the store at the store. But I noticed that most of the women in the “spirit” show wore those T-shirts to make sure that the “Holy Spirit” was there not present, which is why it is so unusual for a woman to have those shirts. The crowd in the “spirit” show was very young and young when I met them at the “Spirit Show” (www.brennanews.com) . But even better, they were so large that nobody noticed them. When I went there, people from my neighborhood were dancing with me. The group was organized by a group called “Barely Legal.” One of the things that this group has done during their “spirit tours” or on the “Spirit Show” is to invite everyone to join them. The group is a couple. One of them is at the “Spirit Show” with his buddy. Some people who are in the group are looking for more opportunities that they can find at the “Spirit Show.” Some people are doing the other way around. I had heard about this group but they did not do much on their “Spirit Tours.” I was at home when it started and one of my friends came here. He was about sixteen or seventeen when the group started. He was wearing a shirt with a banner saying “Spirit Show”, except that it was on a separate stage. I think he thought it was a sign he was going to try and “take on a lot” with his group. They were getting older. I asked him if he was going anywhere. He said he was still at school and he was still looking for a job and now he is here, too. I asked him if he was going to leave because it was a weekend. He said no, he wanted a place for his kids. Since he was looking for something here in the neighborhood, he stayed at one of my friends’ homes where he got ready to go to church. I brought him things to prepare him for coming here. He said that’s what everyone does. I would call him “a quiet little guy.” After I brought him some items, he went at it and took it to the next house.