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Covenanter Chaplains Lead Baptism Service in Iraq
BAGHDAD, IRAQ (April 12, 2005) - Mike Gillett, an Evangelical Covenant Church
minister and National Guard chaplain, led an Easter service in Baghdad
in which 200 soldiers and civilians attended. The service included the
baptism of 12 soldiers. Covenant chaplain Ryan Sarenpa, pictured,
baptized six soldiers.
A battalion commander who was baptized said, "It took me 41 years to
take this step, and now I am at the stage where I know I won't be
leading a hypocritical life." Another soldier related, "A couple of
times when in services it felt like someone was passing through me
telling me to get saved, but I was always worried about what others
would think. I was sitting in church a month and a half ago and it felt
as though the words out of the chaplain's mouth were directed towards
me, so I got saved."
Gillett is pastor of Salem Covenant Church in Duluth, MN; Sarenpa
serves the Scranton Covenant Church in Kansas. Both were called up to
active duty in 2004.
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