Nearly 8,000 people were baptized Saturday in the waters off Huntington Beach, Calif., in what organizers called the largest single-day baptism event in American history -- and a milestone leading up to an even larger gathering planned for June. The first person baptized Saturday was a 71-year-old woman, Joanne, who told organizers she had considered baptism for 40 years but kept procrastinating.
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Record 7,750 Baptized in California in Largest Water Baptism in U.S. History - Michael Foust
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