Gareth Hanna: PR stunt or genuine conversion, Russell Brand’s baptism should give us food for thought

Star’s move makes me wonder if I need fresh repentance myself, writes Gareth Hanna

Russell Brand

Gareth Hanna

If baptism is necessary to secure a spot in heaven, then I’ll be getting a quare mansion up in the great blue yonder.

Growing up in the Anglican church, I was baptised as an infant, then confirmed as a young teenager and, after making a switch to a more charismatic non-denominational church, I engaged in a spot of total submersion baptism too.