Deedee Franklin – Cortez, Colorado … During a period of about a month from December of 2025 through January of 2026, six current students, one former student, and two students’ parents at the Cortez Adventist Christian School (CACS) in Cortez, Colorado, were baptized or joined in membership the Cortez Seventh-day Adventist Church by profession of faith.
“Last spring, we had a Week of Prayer with Go Therefore Ministries* that really touched the school,” remarked DeeDee Franklin, the Cortez School principal. “Several students requested Bible studies and baptismal classes.”
As a result of the event, two students, Ayden and Grayson G., were baptized on December 20 at the Cortez Church. On January 17, two students, Snow and Kennedy B., were baptized and their sister, Creedence W., along with their parents, Danny and Katrina Davis, who joined the church by profession of faith. Alice H. was baptized, and her sister Angela, a former student, joined by profession of faith also on January 17.
“There is also one other parent currently doing Bible studies with the pastor. All three families involved were formerly non-Adventist. God is good!”
* Go Therefore Ministries is not affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventist Church or the Rocky Mountain Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
—Deirdre (Deedee) Franklin is principal and teacher at the Cortez Adventist Christian School. Photos supplied.
