BAPTISMS
BY
Dr. JOE D. GIBBS, SR.
During the 90's

MAINLY YOUTH MEETINGS/GOSPEL MEETINGS 

1. Toledo, Ohio
   Glass City Church
   Ricky Hunter - 13
   
   




2. Lansing, Michigan
   (National Youth Conference)
   Orume Trone - 17
   



 




3. Garden Okas Oaks C. of C
   Oklahoma, OK.
   Willie Balloon  -  17
   
   
   



4. Northeast C.of C.
   Oklahoma City, OK.
   A. Crenshaw  - 5
   




5. Peoria & Young
   Tulsa, Oklahoma
   Wayne Lemmons -  5 
      
   




6. Peoria & Young
   Tulsa, Oklahoma
   Wayne Lemmons   -  3
   
   




7. Garden Oaks
   Willie Balloon
   Oklahoma City, OK - 3
   
   




8. Fidelity
   Houston, Tx
   Theaster Maloy, Sr.  -   4
   
   




9. Greenville Ave. C. of C. April of 1991
   Dallas, TX
   S.T.W. Gibbs, III  -  21
   
   




10. Greenville Ave. C.of C., April of 1992
    Dallas, TX
    S.T.W. Gibbs, III- 7
    
    




11. Greenville Ave. C. of C., April 1995
    Dallas, TX
    S.T.W. Gibbs III  - 55 (40 on Sunday Morning)
    
    




12. Welch St. C. of C.
    Whichita Falls, TX
    Winter I. Johnson  - 14
    
    




13. National Youth Conference
    Searcy, Ak.
    Orum Trone - 17
    
    




14. Beckley Heights C. of C., April 1991
    Dallas, TX
    Goodspeed-Worthy -  23
    
    




15. East Dallas C. of C., August of 1994
    Dallas, TX
    Mae Wright  - 2
    
    




16. Westside C. of C.
    Forney, TX
    Chauncey Spencer  -  9
    
    




17. Main ST. C. of C.
    Edgewood, TX  -  5
    




18. Lake Como C. of  C., January of 1995
    (Youth for Christ)
    Jack Evans, Jr./David C. Benford  - 14
    
    




19. Mountainvew C. of C., April 10-12, 1995
    Dallas, TX
    Melvin Chappell  - 10
    
    




20. Mountainview
    Dallas, TX
    Melvin Chappell   -   4
    
    




21. Cedar Crest C. of C., April of 1995 
    (Youth for Christ) Dallas,TX
    Cephas Northcutt  -19
    
    




22. Southside C. of C., October of 1993
    Los Angeles, CA.
    Carl Baccus  -  3
    
    




23. Newark C. of C., September of 1993
    Newark, N.J.
    Eugene Lawton -  4
    
    




24. Westside C. of C., May of 1994
    Rockford, Ill.
    Jefferson Curruthers - 14
    
    




25. Maywood C. of C., May of 1993
    Chicago, Ill.
    D. Ghant - 5
    
    




26. Maywood C. of C., May of 1994
    Chicago, Ill.
    D. Ghant   - 4
    
    




27. North Wayside C. of C.
    Houston, TX
    Paul Jones  - 3
    
    




28. Newark C. of C., April of 1994
    Newark, N.J.
    Northeast Youth Conference-Eugene Lawton -  4
    
    




29. Eastide C. of C., March of 1995
    Garland, TX
    B.L. Garrett  - 7
    




30. Lewis St. C. of C., Feb. 18-19, 1995
    Little Rock, Ark.
    Robert James -  5
    
    




31. Regional Youth Conference, 1994
    Hostsprings, Ark.
    Baptized in Lake Hamilton -  14
    
    




32. Richmand, Va. Sept. 1994
    Joe Brown  -  7
    
    




33. Eastside C. of C.
    Pontiac, Michigan
    Dennis Gamble -  7
    
    




34. Eastland St. C. of C.
    Fort Worth,TX
    Vencil Burton  -  8
    
    




35. Simmons Center 1993
    Baptized in swimming pool
    Duncan Inn-Ducan, OK -  26
    
    




36. Simmons Center 1994
    Ducan, OK.  -   3
    
    




37. Highland Heights
    Houston, TX
    Robert Harper  -  6
    
    




38. Shady Acres C. of C., 1994
    Hosuton, TX
    Frank Melton  -  7
    




39. Gary, Indiana June 1992
    Booker T. Martin - 17
    
    




40. Southern Hills
    Dallas, TX
    James Maxwell -  3
    
    




41. South Berkley
    Berkley, CA -  5
    
    




42. Kingsly Terrace
    Indianapolis, Ind.  - 5
    
    




43. Kingsly Terrace
    Indianapolis, Ind.-  9
    
    




44. Waco, TX
    Tent Meeting   -  3

45.  Stop Six Last 20 years.  This 250 is half of the 500 that have been baptized in
       the last 20 years. This number does not include baptisms at Simmons C of C
       where I labored for 2 years.

46.  Golden Heights 
       Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
       W.F. Washington - 1

47.  Randy- taught on a flight from Dallas to Tulsa.  Baptized the same day at the
       Peoria & Young church building.  A.C. Christman and the Mullins family
       witnesses.  -  1

48.  Centerstar, Ala.
       Tent Meeting
       Melanie Smith - 1

 49.  Cleburne, TX
        White Girl  - 1

50.  West Mansfield
       Mansfield, TX
       Clifton Douglas  -   3

51.  Central Church of Christ
       Rochester, N.Y.
       Franklin Florence -  4

52.  Sherman St. C. of C., 1994
       Arlinton, TX  -  1

53.  Golden Heights C. of  C., June 18-25th
       Ft. Lauderdale, FL      27 baptisms and (16 on Sunday Morning)

54.  Saginaw, Michigan
       August of 1997, Youth Conference  - 30

55.  Port Arthur, TX
       November 1997 -  20

56.  Lake Como C. of  C., June of 1997
      Fort Worth, TX
      Jack Evans, Jr. -  5

57.  Tampa, FL.
       March 1997  - 15

58.  Greenville Ave.
       May 5, 1999  -   4

59.  Golden Heights June 6, 1999
       Ft. Lauderdale, FL -  2

60.  Chicago, Ill.
       Bro. Jones  - 20

61.  Shreveport, LA
       March 8, 1998 - 19

62.  Pampa, TX
       B. F. Gibbs was  alive and  was preaching for the Oklahima St. C. of C. -20

63.  Shumate C. of  C., March 1999
       Quitman, GA
       Willie Davis  -  9

64.  Newark, N. J.
       April 11, 1999
       Eugene  Lawton  -  25 (record)

65.  St. Petersburg, FL.
       August 6, 1996 - 1

66.  Tulsa, Ok
       November 1996  - 17

67.  Nashiville, TN
       December 1996  -  8

68.  Sherman, TX
       February 1997 - 16

69.  Texarkana, TX.
       April 1997  - 10

70.  Newark, N.J.
       May 1997 -  9

71.  Tyler, TX  North Tenneha
       May 1997
       Daryl Bowdre -  55 (In one service)

72.  Florence, Ala.
       June 1997 - 5

73.  Orlando, Fla.
       June 1997 - 9

74.  Searcy, Ark.
       National Youth Conference
      August 1997 - 12    *Over 250 overall responser.  Took close to 2 hours for confession
                                          to be made.

75.  Union Church of Christ
       Longview, TX - 3

76.  Longview, TX., March
       Rollins C. of C., - 4

77.  Cedar Crest
       Dallas,TX
       Cephas Northcutt - 15

78.  Mountainview C. of  C.
       Dallas, TX
       Melvin Chappell - 1

79.  Tampa, FL., September of 1995
       Eric Doss - 9

80.  Golden Heights C. of  C., June 1996
       Ft. Lauderdale, FL. - 11

81.  Memphis, Tenm., July 1996 - 26

82.  East Cotton C. of  C., Aug 4 1996
       Longview, TX. - 11

83.  Richmond, VA.
       (Youth Conselor's son) - 2

The extrodinarily high numbers of baptisms during this period was a result of the power of God, the use of visual aides, long invitations, and the help of my son, Joe Darrell, Jr., who was baptized at the age of six.  He traveled with me extensively all over the country, and because many young people identified with his young age coupled with his early conversion, hundreds and hundreds of people were persuaded to come to Christ.  I experienced much criticism at times, even without being aware, by many because some felt that I used scare and situational pressure tactics.  However, I used whatever it took, including: interviewing young people, reading periodicals pertaining to young people, using "Shock and Awe", and many, many hours of searching shopping centers for whatever I thought would attract and maintain a young person's attention used in illustration. Many of  the props where difficult to find and many of them where expensive.   I do not relish the fact that some, perhaps many, parents and preachers concluded that some of  my methods were inappropriate, but, while I apologize for your discomfort of my use of the unexpected, I do not apologize for the results.  Those young people who some said were "too young" are adults now, and I doubt if any one of the hundreds I saw go down into the waters of baptism was spiritually disabled permanently, if at all, because many of them have grown up and are promising workers in the kingdom of God, including my son, Joe Darrell Jr. , who is 25 years of age,  married, and a powerful  young preacher. He, as others have made his share of mistakes, and as of February 2010 , is  on the road of deliverance and is set his focus on accepting the role of associate minister to me and also serve as minster as evangelism.  Joe was young when he was baptized, as where many to whom I preached during this time period. If some were rebaptized at another point in time that's fine, but the fact remains...they were not  harrmed beyond spiritual repair and they had the opportunity to make their "calling and election sure", which my son, Joe Darrell, Jr. did. If they had not been baptized the first time at an early age, at which time they  confessed faith in Jesus Christ as the Son of God, what if they had passed away with that knowledge unbaptized ?    Would you have a guilty conscience as result of having not permitted them to be baptized ?  It's a strong possibility, but since they were baptized at an early age and baptized again to make it sure, do you really think my methods were as harmful as some perceived?  In the final analysis, if I don't get a good night's sleep, it's not because I baptized someone at an early age because I know that if they had passed away after confessing their faith in Christ Jesus and  being baptized, they would have been better off rather than worse.  Finally, those of you who preach to young people  must consider seriously the cost of being effective.  I was by the help of God and you can be also, but you must set your mind to the mind of the young people. If you don't you will never have as much success as is possible.   Finally, be prepared to experience extreme fatigue because it requires a lot of preparation , creativity and energy to preach to young people the way I did, : Therefore,  PREACH! And be absolutely sure to manage your schedule , rather than  allowing your schedule to manage you!  If you do not take heed to this advice you will suffer burn-out and it will take at least three to five years to regain your love, passion and engery to preach according to your ability.

Respectfully,
Dr.Joe Darrell Gibbs, Sr.