Feds drop demand for baptism permits

[Jeff]

How big of them, the churches will only have to give a two day notice to make use of the natural water supply they have been Baptizing people in for 50 years , how ridicules , yes I can understand a wedding there are many many people involved and yes you could actually wind up with two on the same day, then ya have the problem of the ceremony afterwards ( if they decide to stay at the park for it ) so yes I understand that, but a Baptism could have as many preachers as ya want in the water at one time , no parties ( although I guess there could be I personally have never been to a huge party after a baptism unless it was a catholic one where a baby had been baptized) but with all the problems in this country at least we now know there won't be two preachers showing up on the same Sunday :rolleyes:

A decision by the superintendent of Missouri’s Ozark National Scenic Riverways (http://www.nps.gov/ozar/index.htm) requiring churches to obtain a special-use permit to baptize members in the park’s waterways has been rescinded following the intervention of a Missouri congressman.
The waters became troubled when members of Gladden Baptist Church in Salem, Mo., were unable to access a section of Sinking Creek where they had been baptizing converts for nearly 50 years. In that time, members of the congregation would accompany the pastor and baptismal candidates to the water’s edge to participate in the service. The elderly and mobility-impaired were taken to the sandbar site in vans.

http://www.wnd.com/2013/08/feds-drop-demand-for-baptism-permits