They walked 3 hours to get into freezing water. 550 people baptized on a UK beach — what's really happening in the UK?
In Ep. 78, Merlin Kraft joins Deformed Theology to share the story behind the mass baptisms sweeping the UK. What started with a simple social media post turned into hundreds showing up — some traveling 8 hours, others walking 3 hours — to get into the freezing water to follow Jesus.
Merlin shares his own testimony growing up between Germany and Scotland, feeling judged in a traditional church, and finally encountering Jesus through Calvary Chapel.
He tells the inside moments you have to hear to believe: "It's gotta be more than excitement to get into the freezing cold waters over here," the friend who took the roof off to get a wheelchair-bound man to the water, and the local councilor who came to shut it down and ended up getting baptized and praying in the water.
We also talk about what comes next — why local churches must step up to disciple and nurture these new believers, why obedience matters more than academic understanding, and what true revival and unity look like beyond denominations.
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0:00 Welcome Merlin Kraft from UK
2:15 Merlin's Early Life and Faith
3:47 Merlin's Church Background
7:52 UK Revival and Mass Baptisms
12:51 Discipleship and Church Connection
21:17 Miraculous Baptism Stories
31:58 God Still Moves Today
38:58 Video of Mass Baptism
49:53 Living Out Our Faith
53:41 Deformed Theology and Unity
59:06 Discipleship Obedience and Experience
1:15:59 Return to Faith in UK