Michael Brown's Father and Entire Family Gets Baptized

When Michael Brown Sr. joined nearly a dozen members of his family to be baptized Sunday at Calvary West Missionary Baptist Church in St. Louis, his son was supposed to be there. For reasons that might never be known, Michael Brown instead lay in a grave in the city of Ferguson, as the family and the world waited to hear whether the officer who killed him would be indicted.


“In the Christian faith a person can be baptized whenever they decide to, and Michael Brown Sr. decided this was the right time,” Rev. Carlton Lee said. “It had nothing to do with the grand jury decision. It was something the family was going to do before this situation came into play—before their son was murdered.”

The occasion marked the second time Brown Sr. has committed to Christ—a pledge he intended to make with his 18-year-old son.

“To see him make that commitment, and then the fact that he wanted to make sure his kids were baptized, speaks volumes,” Lee said.

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