South Africa ??? – 28,300 Attendees Hundreds of people baptized in the Jehovah's Witness Convention

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South Africa ??? – 28,300 Attendees 

Hundreds of people baptized in the Jehovah's Witness Convention

Trend of hundreds of baptized in African Convention. The newspaper comments:

Thousands of Jehovah's witnesses converged on the Moses Mabhida Stadium for their three-day Regional Convention from 15 to 17 September. The delegates of Jehovah's witnesses from all parts of Kwazulu-Natal attended the Convention with the theme " Don't Give Up!"

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Friday attendance was 19 854, Saturday 28 487 and Sunday was 28 300. Total attendance for the three days was 76 641. In the baptism From Saturday before midday break, 348 new Bible students were baptized and are now officially known as ordained ministers of Jehovah's witnesses.

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http://www.news24.com/SouthAfrica/Local/Coastal-Weekly/hundreds-baptized-at-jehovahs-witness-convention-20170921

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South Africa
Brothers and sisters of the newly recognized group supported by the congregation of Menlyn sharing in      lunch during the 2017 Regional Convention in Johannesburg,               South Africa. 

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

           South Africa is a very modern country, and in Johannesburg, even has tall buildings

         reminiscent of New York City.

Those presenting themselves for Baptism at the 2017 "Never Give UP" Convention reported being surprised Saturday morning when they were directed to the “new balcony entrance” for seating, at the Johannesburg Convention Center.

“We normally get there and sit on the first few rows, but there were HUNDREDS to be baptized and it would have taken all afternoon,” JW Candidate from the United States T. Tom Harley IV told reporters. “We were all like, ‘What’s going on?’”

They did not have to wonder for long.

Governing Body Member Anthony "TPT" Morris III, from New York, USA,  took the platform  under a single spotlight, and after some coy banter about Caleb and Sophia, he reportedly announced that it was “Baptism Saturday,” but that this was “... not your Mama’s Baptism Saturday.”

At this cue, a giant water slide, stretching from the balcony down to a small pool of water, was unveiled from behind a large curtain as "TPT", in casual loose fitting clothes danced and directed the baptismal candidates to enter the slide as soon as the lower , now consecrated Jehovah's Witness got out of the way ... and two hundred and sixty four new Brothers and Sisters were processed in about 18 minutes, with relatively few serious injuries.  Eighty four overshot the pool and landed in the audience, but were considered baptized anyway.

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

My apologies to The Babylon Bee for mucking up THEIR parody of the Elevation Church, here in North Carolina.

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13 hours ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

My apologies to The Babylon Bee for mucking up THEIR parody of the Elevation Church, here in North Carolina.

@James Thomas Rook Jr.

I can count on you for my morning laughs! Have a good day! ????‍♀️