One thousand people got baptised in Perth on Good Friday. Why?

Posted on April 8, 2026 
Filed under Opinion

Steve McAlpine wants us to notice what is happening –

“Most Easter holidays the Swan River would be filled with the sounds of jet-skis and power-boats. This Good Friday, the sound of singing and prayer. There, against the backdrop of those aforementioned skyscrapers, Jesus was proclaimed, no doubt to many a curious onlooker.

Now this does not mean that across the Western world the Sunday roads are blocked as people race off to worship God.

The churches may not be full, the Quiet Revival data may be flawed, but if you’ve been watching this thing for three decades and only seen a trickle of gospel interest, then suddenly BOOM!, you know for sure that something is happening. This is not wish-fulfilment. …”

– Read it all here.