Nestled in the South Wales valleys sits Noddfa Baptist Church, a beacon of gospel light where more than 60 people have been baptised in the last five years.
Noddfa is an area of high social deprivation and unemployment. But the gospel is being preached without gimmick, people are being saved – and on Sunday 15 August 15 people were baptised.
The majority of those baptised are men under the age of 40 and include addicts, adulterers, LGBT individuals and ‘fighters’.
A responsibility to welcome
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