May Baptisms

One of the highlights of the Spring term at BFA is when students profess their faith in Jesus Christ through water baptism. It is an occasion for great joy and encouragement to see our students (and our own children) making this step of faith. The Black Forest Christian Fellowship which holds its services in our school auditorium offers this opportunity to students and the church community every year at this time. Due to the number of students desiring to profess their faith in Christ by being baptized required dedicating two Sunday services for this event. Each baptism was an exciting testimony of God’s working in the lives of our missionary kids. Some of them were of elementary and middle school age whose faith had come to fruition through the instruction of godly parents and through AWANA and Sunday school leaders. A few teens came to faith after having had to endure great hardships like the loss of a dad. Others came to faith after a period of rebellion. Most of these students were baptized by their dads, some by our pastor, and a few by those who have been mentors or someone close to their family. A few of our boarding student’s parents were not able to be present for their son or daughter’s baptism. These students chose to have their dorm parents and RAs (Resident Assistants) to take part in this significant event in their parents' place.






















Jesse Frank, the man in the black leather jacket, leads up the AWANA program that is an important ministry to our children.








Last, but not least, was a man from our German community. He was recently led to faith in the Lord through his step mom. She also led his dad to faith in Christ as well!




There were a few others not included in this list of photos who were also baptized!