Upstate Church, a congregation with six campuses and around 7,000 members that is also known as First Baptist Simpsonville, baptized the 141 people on Sunday.
Of the total, 86 had confirmed in advance that they wished to be baptized, while 55 others made the decision during the worship service when the church offered up an invitation.
Upstate Church Lead Pastor Wayne Bray told The Christian Post that the mass baptism came as part of a sermon series on the ordinances of the church, of which baptism is one.
While noting that his church has been steadily growing over the years, Bray said they’d never had spontaneous or mass baptisms before, noting that before the Sunday service, the most baptisms Upstate Church had seen in a single day was 35.
Over the past several months, there have been numerous gatherings in the United States centered on religious revival and mass baptisms, beginning with the spontaneous worship gathering held at Asbury University in Kentucky back in February.
In July, approximately 4,500 people were baptized at Pirate’s Cove Beach in California in an event organized by Pastor Greg Laurie and Harvest Christian Fellowship.
In that event, the line of people to be baptized was half a mile long.