Begun in 1995, this unique program is one of the most visible activities of the Council of Churches. Thanks to the visionary leadership of the late Reverend Drs. Gregg A. Mast, and Allan J. Janssen, and the late John U. Miller, the Council created a way to demonstrate our essential unity in Christ. By witnessing baptisms in other traditions, we affirm that we are all baptized into the wider body of Christ and not just into a particular denomination or congregation