I bring this up because there was a 91-year-old woman baptized at the Rome convention a couple of weeks ago.
Was there someone that old (or close to being 91 years old) immersed at a convention you went to?
How old was the oldest person you saw baptized at a convention?
by brianhenke 11 Replies latest jw friends
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Arthur
Was there someone that old (or close to being 91 years old) immersed at a convention you went to?
Gosh, I don't know. I was already out the door going off to lunch by the time the baptismal candidates came out.
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misspeaches
we had an 89 year old man get baptised. He was contacted from the door to door work. He died not long after his baptism.
I wonder if he was just worried because he knew his time was up and was seeking religon, just in case?
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fullofdoubtnow
The oldest I can remember was at a circuit assembly around 7 years ago, when a 78 year old man was dunked.
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BookOfJude
I remember an elderly woman in a wheelchair... they had to carry her into the pool, I think she almost drowned. Not sure how old she was, but at least past 60.
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MidwichCuckoo
My father was baptised at 76
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glitter
1989 or 1990 at the Hellaby assembly hall, an old man in his mid 90s got baptised. He was really frail and doddery - and wore a wetsuit and goggles.
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AK - Jeff
I studied with and 'brought in' a man in the 70's who got baptised at 81. That must have been around 1977 or so. He died in 1981 at the age of 85, still active as a witness. In fact I think he might have been on his way to the KH when he had a little fender bender, got too excited at the scene and died of heart failure.
Jeff
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Dismembered
I was almost crushed, and then drowned like a bug with helping a 75 or 76 year old handicapped woman into a hot tub to get baptized. We had no business doing that, she and I could've drowned.
Dismembered
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badboy
THERE ONCE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS ABOUT 115 YEAR OLD IN ETHIOPIA WHO WAS BAPTIZED!