Let go of old thinking.

 Jesus has commissioned us as believers to help people who are suffering. Through God's love in our hearts, we must be guides so that all those around us find the way to Jesus.

Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, Mt 28:19 NIV

A Christian wants to serve Jesus and be a missionary, reaching out to people in the street. He is not an ordained pastor, but he has meetings at home.

People from the street with troubled lives are converted.

They want to be baptised. The home group leader thinks a pastor should baptise and he seeks help from pastors. Every pastor will gladly baptise a new Christian if he joins his church, but the new Christians only want to stay in the house group.

Then the house group leader makes the decision to baptise the new Christians himself.
Then all hell breaks loose. All the Christians in the neighbourhood avoid the house group missionary. Nobody welcomes him.

But please. Where can you find a text in the Bible that only authorises ordained pastors to baptise Christians?

There must be order! But whose order?

“Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in your name and we tried to stop him, because he is not one of us.”
“Do not stop him,” Jesus said, “for whoever is not against you is for you.” Lk 9:49–50 NIV

I believe a powerful worldwide revival is coming. The established churches and even the non-denominational churches will not be able to cope with the multitude of newly converted Christians.

We need to get rid of our old limited ways of thinking so that the Holy Spirit can accomplish the work of God in the end times.