The Fire that Fuels Us: What Pentecost Means for Baptists Today For many of us in Baptist circles, our church calendars are marked by two massive milestones: Easter and Christmas. We rightly pour our energy into celebrating the empty tomb and the manger. But there is another major biblical milestone that often slips by with Pentecost is the foundational story of the global Church. As we look at Acts 2, let’s rediscover why Pentecost matters deeply for Baptist believers today.