Pastor Lorenzo Jones stood in a tub of water in his white pulpit gown.
His usual pulpit spot was changed this Sunday morning at Mount Gilead Baptist Church. He stood a few feet higher than the chorus chairs behind the pulpit.
Standing next to him in the indoor baptismal was Iran Dean, also in a white gown and wearing a white bonnet to cover his dreadlocks. The congregation of about 20 people frantically waved hand fans and watched as Jones performed the baptism…