United States: A school in North Carolina baptized over 100 students without asking permission from their parents, according to the sources.
When the parents of the students got the information that their children had been baptized at the Northwood Temple Academy, they were very upset about the situation.
Along with this, one of the parents shared the information, “My daughter calls me from the school and says, ‘Mama, can you bring me some dry clothes? I got baptized today. I said, ‘WHAT?'”
That parent said that she learned her 11-year-old daughter had been baptized while she was at work on the conference call.
The administrator Renee McLamb revealed that some of the few pupils were invited to get baptized. However, once McLamb stated that she didn’t want the ceremony to be a surprise to her parents, the other children were inspired to participate in it.
“Since the Lord started to act this morning, we were quite thrilled to see what He would accomplish. Several kids were slated to be baptized this morning after committing their lives to the Lord during Spiritual Emphasis Week, “In an email to the Observer, she said. The kids had just started to react to the presence of the Lord when the Spirit of the Lord moved, and the invitation to embrace the Lord and be baptized was extended.
Various parents complained to McLamb about this step which was taken place in the school.
The principal stated in the email, “In retrospect, we would handle things differently and offer the youngsters the option to contact their parents and ask permission to be baptized. “We did not anticipate such a strong reaction to the message that was delivered, but as a mother, I can absolutely understand why some parents were offended.”
