‘Prompting of the Holy Spirit’: Georgia church baptizes 400 in one weekend

By Michael Gryboski, Editor Sunday, March 22, 2026

A megachurch in Georgia baptized 400 people across its three campuses during worship services held over a single weekend.

Bethlehem Church, a multisite church with an average weekly worship attendance of 7,000, baptized exactly 400 people at its campuses on the weekend of Sunday, March 1.

The mass baptism came amid an eight-week teaching series by Lead Pastor Jason Britt about the Holy Spirit and His power and presence, according to comments emailed to The Christian Post by a Bethlehem Church staff member.

“This spontaneous baptism was not planned for months in advance; rather, it was a prompting of the Holy Spirit that was placed on Pastor Jason’s heart a few days before,” the church spokesperson said.

“Seeds had been planted for years, and that weekend was a harvest. What we saw was a culmination of many different points of connection: small groups, lunches and coffees, and meetings with staff members and other believers.”

The spokesperson said Britt had been planning to preach a sermon on Acts 2, which describes the Day of Pentecost, when the Holy Spirit came upon the early Church.

“I felt prompted, and I read it with fresh eyes. It says, ‘Repent and be baptized,’ and I felt like the Holy Spirit pressed that on me,” Britt said, as quoted by the spokesperson. “A Spirit-filled church is full of Spirit-sensitive people, and Spirit-sensitive people obey.”

This is not the first time Bethlehem Church has held what it describes as “a spontaneous baptism service.” In August 2021, 114 people came forward to be baptized; over the course of last year, the church baptized more than 600 people.

Regarding follow-up, the church staff member told CP that their “heart is to always be walking with people through next steps” and that “we want to disciple them in the weeks moving forward.”

“We are offering multiple four-week follow-up groups, which many of those baptized have already started attending, with the goal of helping them understand their new identity in Christ,” the spokesperson said.

“We also regularly offer opportunities for people to meet one-on-one with staff members or volunteers who can walk them through this discipleship journey. Finally, many of our existing small groups are writing letters to people who were baptized to encourage them and point them toward next steps.”

The staff member said the church’s “desire is for these individuals to be encouraged and empowered to open up their Bibles and see and hear from God, to get comfortable with prayer, and to start daily disciplines that encourage intimacy with Jesus.”