{"id":402385,"date":"2017-07-18T06:40:02","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T06:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/tanzania-worshippers-drown-during-river-baptism\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T06:40:02","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T06:40:02","slug":"tanzania-worshippers-drown-during-river-baptism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/18\/tanzania-worshippers-drown-during-river-baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania: Worshippers drown during river baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/6991060170655_2859953011489.jpg.pagespeed.ce.fvKNNHwFgS.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tanzania baptism\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1924858757\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Tanzanian police have detained a pastor after two worshippers drowned while being baptised in a river near Rombo in the north of the country.<\/p>\n<p>The two victims were overwhelmed by the current of the River Ungwasi, a police spokesman has told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>It is not clear how the pastor and the other worshippers involved managed to survive, the BBC\u2019s Odeo Sirari says.<\/p>\n<p>They are members of a local church, Shalom, which is part of the charismatic Christian movement.<\/p>\n<p>Baptism in a river rather than in church is seen as a way of re-enacting the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony is a symbol of washing away sin and the start of a new life.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzanian police have detained a pastor after two worshippers drowned while being baptised in a river near Rombo in the north of the country. 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