Baptism

• Baptism is a rite of initiation into the Christian community and faith.   
• It involves candidates being immersed, effused or dispersed into the holy water.
• Pedobaptism is practised in Anglican and Catholic faith and credobaptism is practised in baptist and pentecostal faiths.  
• Christianity allows for the principal beliefs of salvation, holy trinity and the death and resurrection to be expressed.
•  The water in baptism represents new life and rebirth, as the water is symbolic of washing away sin. It represents forgiveness as repenting sins connects Christians to become part of Jesus’ death and resurrection.
• Through baptism being saved from sin allows Christians to become disciples of Christianity and forms a covenant.
• connects Christians with all 3 aspects of God to further attain salvation. Orthodox Christians dip 3 times and Catholics state the trinitarian form
• Individual

  • Allows for spiritual transformation 
  • Enter union with holy trinity 
  • Commitment to discipleship and covenant 
  • Forgiveness of sins and allows for salvation 
  • Become apart of the death and resurrection of Jesus as new life rebirth as child of God 
  • Commitment to teachings practices in Christianity
• Community 

  • Membership and unity 
  • Sense of belonging 
  • Unites all baptised people as one community 
  • Enters the death and resurrection of Jesus ‘For one in the spirit we were all baptised into one body,’ (1cor 12:13)
  • Reaffirms baptismal promises 
  • Godparents representatives for infant baptism. The Godparents are firm believers that make the baptismal promises for the child to be baptised and grow in faith. It involves other firm believes to be involved in the process of baptism
  • Congregation reaffirms baptismal promises and strengthens faith