
BAPTISM
Baptism is when the church immerses a believer in water to publicly profess their union with Christ.
FROM THE BIBLE:
Matthew 28:18–20 — And Jesus came and said to them, “All authority in
heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
Acts 2:38 — And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of
you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will
receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
1 Peter 3:21 — Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a
removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience,
through the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:3–4 — Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into
Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
1 Corinthians 12:12–13 — For just as the body is one and has many members,
and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with
Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks,
slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.