The first baptisms in more than 15 years at a small village evangelical church took place in late June. A mother and daughter were baptized at Otford Evangelical Free Church near Sevenoaks after attending the church for just over a year.
Kevin Bracken, who has pastored the church since the start of 2018, said the two women had a sense that Jesus was the Son of God and the Bible was true, ‘but since sitting regularly under the ministry of the word of God and attending a Christianity Explored course run by the church, their faith has matured leading to a desire to be baptized’.
Kevin said when he became pastor the church was ‘at a very low ebb’ and had been without a pastor for more than 10 years. The church is still about the same size as it was 15 years ago, with a membership of 23. But he added: ‘We have been slowly rebuilding, interrupted by covid-19, but have been blessed with some modest growth recently.
‘I hope our experience will be a real encouragement to other small churches seeking with limited resources to reach out into their communities and they, like us, will also be able to rejoice in the day of small things.’
