Born-Again and Baptist type of Baptism in the Philippines
Baptist Baptism
ECHAGUE, Isabela — Three children drowned during a baptism rite at the Cagayan river on Tuesday (April 5) in Barangay (village) Pangal Sur here, police said.
Jerico Saturno, 10; Angel Opelada, 11; and Angelica Saturno, 13, were swept by strong river currents while being baptized by local pastor Ferdinand Nemenzo of the Heritage Bible Baptist Mission at 10 a.m., said Supt. Narciso Paragas, Isabela police intelligence chief.
Nemenzo said he was able to save a fourth child, Marvin Pascual, 13.