Grace City Church Baptizes 10-Year-Old Without Parental Knowledge, Consent
They said she was a sinner and needed to repent, her father says she will never set foot in church again
*The name of the main subject, a minor, has been changed to protect her privacy and safety. The name of her friend, also a minor, has also been changed.
Daphne is 10.
On Easter Sunday, April 17, 2022 she went to Grace City Church’s “Hometown Easter Jesus Fair” at the Chelan County Fairgrounds with a friend, a girl named Julie, and Julie’s grandmother. After the baptisms started, Julie stepped away to talk on the phone. One of the preachers on stage asked for those in the crowd to raise their hands if they’d never been baptized.
Daphne raised her hand.
“Julie’s grandma was right behind me and tapped me on the shoulder and said, ‘Hey, you haven’t been baptized?’ and I said ‘no’ and she said ‘ok well, go up there. You’re supposed to be being baptized if you’ve never been baptized.’ And I was like, ‘Uh, ok,’” she said.
So she went up t…