A study of Acts of the Apostles 2:41 reveals the Bible records 3,000 people were baptized that day.
“So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls.” Acts 2:41 ESV
“Bear in mind that a core group of 120 believers baptized three thousand converts. Neither the baptism nor the training needs to be a complex production.”
https://www.bibleref.com/Acts/2/Acts-2-41.html
In 5 years with my church’s prison ministry I personally or assisted in baptizing several men, the ministry itself is responsible for baptizing somewhere north of 150 state prison inmates.
Almost all by volunteers with no official credentials for doing so other than a love for Jesus Christ.
Happy Easter HE HAS RISEN!
> Almost all by volunteers with no official credentials for doing so other than a love for Jesus Christ. <
Don’t get me wrong. As you noted, you don’t credentials of any sort to baptize someone, or to lead people to Jesus.
My point (perhaps poorly stated) is that most people think Al Sharpton is a reverend in the traditional sense. He is not. He was just given the title when he was nine years old.