AURORA, Ill., Sept. 20, 2020 — Wheaton College Associate Professor of Theology Vincent Bacote preaches Sunday, Sept. 20, at Redeemer Community Church in Aurora. Bacote, director of Wheaton’s Center for Applied Christian Ethics, spoke on “In God We Trust, Not Idols.”

His sermon preceded an outdoor baptism service in which four church youth were completely immersed in water in a stock tank. Baptism is an ancient Christian rite of admission into Christianity.