baptized

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Vermeer was born in Delft amid the Wars of Religion and baptized in the Calvinist Reformed Church.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

As Sabin remarked in a 1959 interview with Pravda, “the live vaccine was born in the U.S., but baptized in the U.S.S.R.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

In his recent memoir, Pratt recounted his conversion — actor Stephen Baldwin baptized him in a river during the 2009 season of the reality show “I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Once lawfully allowed in with provisional humanitarian status, they found our church — where they could be baptized and publicly profess their faith in Jesus — and legal help to begin their asylum request.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 28, 2025

On the Sunday I was baptized, Reverend John Cross dipped me deep into the church’s pool of warm baptismal water.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry