(RNS) Poly Rouse, left, pastor of Hermitage Hills Baptist Church in Hermitage, Tenn., baptizes musician Eric Kilby, during the Southern Baptist Convention’s 2005 assembly in Nashville. A years-long decline in baptisms has many Southern Baptists concerned about the vitality of the denomination. RNS file photo courtesy Matt Miller/Baptist Press.
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(RNS) Poly Rouse, left, pastor of Hermitage Hills Baptist Church in Hermitage, Tenn., baptizes musician Eric Kilby, during the Southern Baptist Convention’s 2005 assembly in Nashville. A years-long decline in baptisms has many Southern Baptists concerned about the vitality of the denomination. RNS file photo courtesy Matt Miller/Baptist Press.
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(RNS1-JUNE23) Poly Rouse, left, pastor of Hermitage Hills Baptist Church in Hermitage, Tenn.,
baptizes Julie Kilby on Wednesday (June 22). Kilby’s husband, musician Eric Kilby, who had just
been baptized himself, and more than 11,000 messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention watch
and applaud. Since members of 10,000 SBC churches did not see anyone baptized last year, SBC
leaders decided to feature a baptism at each session of the SBC annual meeting, in Nashville’s
Gaylord Entertainment Center on Tuesday and Wednesday. See RNS-BAPTIST-CONVENTION,
transmitted June 23, 2005. Photo by Kent Harville. Courtesy of Baptist Press.
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