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What do you believe about baptism?

12/14/2015

 
We believe that the church has been given two sacraments that hold rich and deep symbolic meaning. Both involve physical acts that mirror the spiritual reality. One is communion, in which believers act out the partaking of Christ's body, and the other is baptism. In baptism, we make a public profession of faith, acting out our immersion in Christ (Galatians 3:27), and identifying with his burial and resurrection (Romans 6:3-4).

We believe that baptism is commanded of all believers, and that it should be done in response to receiving the Holy Spirit (Acts 10:47-48). Thus believers are not saved by being baptized (Ephesians 2:8-9); rather, they get baptized because they are saved.

Because we believe that baptism is commanded of believers in response to salvation, we do not practice the baptism of infants.

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