20 Blow-you-away baptism photos

I’ll never get over just how motivating it was to see the baptismal photos from around the world that lined the halls of the Provo MTC. “Just one soul”, I’d say to myself as I walked on by.

So I had a little ‘throw back Thursday’ and decided again to, go on the hunt to find some of the newest, the rarest and most inspiring baptismal photos from around the world. I love how every photo tells a story.

If you know any more of the story behind these photos please message me and I’ll update the caption asap.

Thanks and enjoy!

1.

Elders in St Maarten baptise at dusk after searching for a beach where the waves were calm enough after a hurricane. 

2.

An Elder baptises in Tacloban, The Phillipines

3.

An Elder baptises in the safety of a rock pool in Tonga

4.

Investigators baptised in a clearing in Micronesia Guam 

4.1 (OK, I’m being cheeky and added another one here)

Cape Verde (Islands just off West Africa) 

5.

Excited sisters in Recife, Brazil, prepare for their night baptism

6.

An Elder Baptises in Martinique 

6.

An Elder baptises one of the many waiting to be baptised in a make-shift font in Madagascar

7.

An Elder baptises in The Marshall Islands

8.

Elders wade out to baptise in St Vincent 

9.

An Elder baptises in the rain in Sydney, Australia 

10.

When missionaries arrived in Nigeria and Ghana, hundreds of Africans were ready to be baptised. In 1978 1,700 people had been baptised and confirmed.

11.

An Elder in Fiji teaches an investigator where to stand for baptism

12.

An Elder in Madagascar baptises in a river

13.

An Elder in the West Indies baptises in the Caribbean Sea

14.

Another iconic photo of an Elder in Russia, baptising in the literal ‘freezing cold’.

15.

An Elder in Recife, Brazil, baptises in their purpose built font 

16.

An Elder baptising in Vanuatu

(you might remember him from this story: here)

17.

An Elder in Suriname hugging his investigator after his baptism

18.

An Elder baptising in the Marshall Islands 

19.

An Elder baptising in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

20.

An investigator in the West Indies becomes emotional at their baptism

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If you’ve got time…

I’ve added just a few more.

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Russia

St Vincent 

Melbourne, Australia

Papua New Guinea

St Vincent

Tahiti

Samoa

Guyana

Guyana

St Vincent

Trinidad

St Martin

Guadeloupe

(Someone help me out, where this again?) 

Guyana

OK, that’s officially the end.

Until you add some more…