I was just talking with someone the other day how some young people I baptised in USA requested to ‘plunge’ into the water for a more extreme experience. Well, I guess we have been outdone by a church in New Zealand. Marc Van Der Woude has a great blog posting of a church in NZ that takes communion while they skydive and bungee jump for “extreme baptism”.
Since bungee jumping was invented in New Zealand, I suppose you could call that CONTEXTUALIZATION. Others might call it FUN! As for me, I think its worth me flying down to my home country for a little communion with my homies and a serious REBAPTISM . . . just to make sure i did it right the first time . . . . you know. Read more to see if the story is true or not . . .
Extreme Church
The kiwis may have invented bungee jumping, but we brits invented cricket, afternoon tea and… extreme ironing.
http://www.extremeironing.com
Spurred on by my antipodean cousins, I’m working on a sacramental contextualisation of this sport, one so quintessentially british in its oddness that it’s simply begging to be redeemed!
Thanks for the link, Andrew. April 1 is a great day, isn’t it? I really wished this story was true, would love to rebaptise too. 😉
glad our story is making a splash! you can find the original at: http://www.emergingchurch.info