Sunday, September 27, Lakepointe Church baptized 882 people across eight Dallas-area campuses, exactly 200 more than last Baptism Sunday. Pastor Josh Howerton wrote that he was body tired and heart full, a kite caught in a hurricane of grace. I live in this city. Eight rooms of people saying their lives belong to Jesus is close enough to feel, and the question I want asked on Monday is who knows their names.
Article Summary
- Sunday, September 27, 2026, Lakepointe Church baptized 882 people across eight Dallas-area campuses.
- The church said the day was exactly 200 above last year's Baptism Sunday.
- Pastor Josh Howerton: "Body tired, heart full… Kite caught in a hurricane of grace."
- Stories the church and Howerton shared include a couple baptized the day they were married, and three generations in the water together.
- A woman quoted by CBN counted 700 scheduled baptisms and 182 in-service leaps of faith. Those two figures add up to 882.
| Number | What it measures | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| 882 | Baptisms on September 27 | Lakepointe, via ChurchLeaders and CBN |
| 8 | Campuses | Lakepointe, via ChurchLeaders |
| 200 | More than last Baptism Sunday | Lakepointe, via ChurchLeaders |
| 700 | Scheduled baptisms | An attendee quoted by CBN |
| 182 | In-service leaps of faith | The same attendee, via CBN |
The 700 and 182 are one woman's count in Benjamin Gill's September 28 CBN report. Added together they equal the church's 882. Cite 882, eight campuses, and 200 as the church's figures.
Eight campuses, one Sunday
On Sunday, September 27, 2026, Lakepointe Church baptized 882 people across eight campuses. Stephanie Martin at ChurchLeaders reported the Dallas-area church put the total at exactly 200 more than last year's Baptism Sunday. Benjamin Gill at CBN reported the same 882 as a declaration of new life in Jesus Christ.
Body tired, heart full… Kite caught in a hurricane of grace.
Josh Howerton, after Baptism Sunday, as carried by ChurchLeaders
Crosswalk's Michael Foust quoted a neighboring line from Howerton that night: "Body tired, heart full, sweaty eyes." The kite line is the one the church's friends have been repeating. Both belong to a pastor who had just watched the water run long. ChurchLeaders linked his September 27 message.
Real people, real stories
That number is real people with real stories. People who have walked through addiction, broken relationships, doubt, loss, success that still left them empty, and still far from God.
Lakepointe Church, in the post CBN and ChurchLeaders quoted
The church's next line is the one I want left intact. They are standing in the water saying Jesus has changed everything, and he is who he says he is.
Michael Foust at Crosswalk, citing Howerton, wrote about newlyweds Adrien and Jocelyn, baptized the same day they were married. Another family came as three generations. ChurchLeaders quoted the church: "grandparents, parents, kids all bending their knee to Jesus Christ." A grandparent who has waited, a parent who decided, a child who will need someone older than the moment.
CBN also quoted a woman who stayed through the services. She said the baptisms ran the gathering almost an hour long, and she counted 700 scheduled baptisms and 182 leaps of faith during the service. Those two numbers add up to 882. They are her witness from the room. The firm public total, until Lakepointe prints its own split, is 882.
For background only: CBN noted that at Easter 2026 Lakepointe reported 2,772 first-time decisions. That is a different day and a different kind of count. Baptism Sunday is the story in front of us. The church's Instagram post is the one ChurchLeaders pointed to for the 882.
Lakepointe on Baptism Sunday
PRO TIP When a church publishes a baptism number, ask for one story behind it. A couple married and baptized the same day, or three generations in one line at the water, will teach you more than 882.
What Monday still owes
Headlines are good at water. Jesus is interested in Thursday. Who sits with the person whose story runs through addiction, once the photo is posted? Who tells the truth, kindly, to the person who reached success and still felt empty? Who opens a Bible with that three-generation family so the youngest is still being taught in the spring?
Eight campuses means eight sets of groups, eight lists of people who said yes and now need a person. The report belongs to the people who stood in the water. From Dallas, the assignment is close: shared faith, a local campus, disciples who stay.
Charles Sheldon pastored in Topeka and, in 1896, built a novel around a plain question: what would Jesus do? Lakepointe has already done the public part, a life that belongs to Jesus, said out loud in the water. The question starts the next morning.
The same Monday question is sitting on a sidewalk in Coral Gables after Unite Miami, where the published count is still hundreds. And it is the question Toledo handed us in September: after the water, who walks with them?
Pray for Lakepointe's eight campuses and for the 882. If you lead a group in this city, ask whether one of those people could sit with you this month. Ask with us: What Would Jesus Do after Baptism Sunday?
Ask the Question - Live the Answer.
PRO TIP If you lead a group in Dallas, Rockwall, or on a Lakepointe campus, make room for one of the 882 this month. Learn their name before you ask for their story.
After Baptism Sunday
Keep the church's 882. Treat the attendee's split as a witness from the room. Then find one person.
- Read: CBN for the 882 and the attendee's 700 and 182, and ChurchLeaders for eight campuses and the rise of 200.
- Watch: the Lakepointe post and the September 27 message.
- Pray: For the people baptized Sunday, including the couple married and baptized the same day, and the three-generation family.
- Ask: Who in your group can walk with one of them this month?
- Stay: Scripture, a local campus, and a person who will still be there when the photo has scrolled past.
FAQ
How many people were baptized?
Lakepointe reported 882 baptisms on Sunday, September 27, 2026, across eight campuses. ChurchLeaders and CBN both carry that total.
How does that compare with last year?
The church told ChurchLeaders this Baptism Sunday was exactly 200 above last year's Baptism Sunday.
What did Josh Howerton say?
ChurchLeaders carried his post: "Body tired, heart full… Kite caught in a hurricane of grace." Crosswalk also quoted him: "Body tired, heart full, sweaty eyes."
Whose stories were told?
Howerton, via Crosswalk, told of newlyweds Adrien and Jocelyn, baptized the same day they were married. ChurchLeaders quoted a three-generation baptism: grandparents, parents, and children. The church also named stories of addiction, broken relationships, doubt, loss, and success that still felt empty.
What about 700 scheduled and 182 in the service?
Those figures come from a woman CBN quoted, who stayed because the baptisms ran the service almost an hour long. Her two numbers add up to 882. The church's published total is 882.
What is the Monday question?
Who mentors the person coming out of addiction, the person whose success still felt empty, and the three-generation family, once Sunday is over? Headlines count water. Discipleship is the week after.
Sources
- CBN: Revival Rising: Nearly 900 Baptized at Texas Church in Latest Mass Baptism
- ChurchLeaders: Stephanie Martin, September 28, 2026
- Crosswalk: Michael Foust, September 29, 2026
- Instagram: Lakepointe Baptism Sunday post
- YouTube: Josh Howerton, September 27 message, via ChurchLeaders
- WWJD.COM: Unite Miami at the Watsco Center
- WWJD.COM: They got baptized at Toledo. Now what?
- WWJD.COM: Faith Is Rising
- WWJD.COM: Statement of Faith
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