While the Philadelphia Eagles have been the primary NFL team making headlines for their displays of Christianity this season, it seems the Dallas Cowboys are following suit with their own public professions of faith.
The Cowboys’ team chaplain, Jonathan Evans, shared a video on Facebook last week of him baptizing linebackers Justin March-Lillard and Anthony Hitchens, along with safety Kavon Frazier.
“It was an honor to baptize 3 Dallas Cowboys who identify themselves as Christ followers first,” wrote Evans of the sacred event.
Evans proclaimed 2 Corinthians 5:17 as he entered the pool, preparing for the baptisms: “Therefore those who are in Christ are a new creation. The old has gone and the new has come.”
“And like I said in the prayer, baptism is just an external expression about an internal reality,” he continued. “Now after accepting Christ, he’s a new man. Going under the water means he died with Christ and coming back up means he’s resurrected to the newness of life.”
As the began the first baptism, Evans instructed, “I want to hear you say in front of all your teammates, that number one you’ve accepted Christ and that number two you’ve decided to live for him.”