{"id":342012,"date":"2024-08-30T13:16:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-30T17:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/?p=342012"},"modified":"2024-08-31T17:54:35","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T21:54:35","slug":"the-universal-church-in-sri-lanka-hold-its-first-baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/the-universal-church-in-sri-lanka-hold-its-first-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Universal Church in Sri Lanka Hold Its First Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"group\/conversation-turn relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto whitespace-normal\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"5c77b0fa-d86d-4f53-b0b6-c1d18b6f39d1\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert dark\">\n<p><strong>The First Baptism of The Universal Church in Sri Lanka<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/post\/the-universal-church-opens-its-first-church-in-sri-lanka\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Universal&#8217;s evangelistic work in Sri Lanka<\/a><\/span> has recently taken root with the inauguration of a new temple in the capital, Colombo. This marks a significant milestone, offering hundreds of Sri Lankans the opportunity to hear and embrace the teachings of the Lord Jesus. The dedication of the pastor and volunteers has already borne fruit.<\/p>\n<p>In early August, a man and a woman, who were touched by the Word of God, made the profound decision to be baptized in water\u2014symbolizing their complete surrender to the Lord Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fulfilling the Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The evangelistic efforts of The Universal Church are driven by a core mission: to fulfill the will of God on Earth, as commanded by Jesus in Scripture:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>&#8220;Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit&#8221; (Matthew 28:19)<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit the New Temple<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you know anyone in Sri Lanka, the newest temple of The Universal Church is located at 145 Armour Street, Colombo 12.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The First Baptism of The Universal Church in Sri Lanka Universal&#8217;s evangelistic work in Sri Lanka has recently taken root with the inauguration of a new temple in the capital, Colombo. This marks a significant milestone, offering hundreds of Sri Lankans the opportunity to hear and embrace the teachings of the Lord Jesus. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":248,"featured_media":342013,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[323],"tags":[102,6213],"site":[],"class_list":["post-342012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-school-of-faith","tag-evangelism","tag-worldwide-ministry"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/248"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342012"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342153,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342012\/revisions\/342153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342012"},{"taxonomy":"site","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/universalchurchusa.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/site?post=342012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}