what if someone who received infant baptism joins a Baptist church?

[Earth Wind and Fire]

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Salty, go ahead and ask me if I care.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

Mathodists don't count

Probably back to algebra

 

[Salty]

Salty, go ahead and ask me if I care.

I dont care if you care - what I do care about is mocking a brother from the UK

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

I dont care if you care - what I do care about is mocking a brother from the UK

Tough.....let him fight his own battles.

 

[John D. Wright]

I have not seen anyone join my Baptist church who mentioned coming out of any church that practices infant baptism (such as Catholic, Lutheran or Presbyterian), so I'm not sure of the answer to this question. Baptists don't believe in infant baptism, but what happens if a Baptist church gets a new member who received infant baptism? Will we want to re-baptize them? I have the impression Baptists don't believe in or at least don't like re-baptizing, not because anyone's told me that but because I've never heard the situation discussed, in my own church or by Baptist writers.

My own experience is baptists want to re-baptize practically everybody who is not a baptist. I believe in the case of infant baptism, I would want them to be rebaptized because it is believer's baptism and an infant cannot believe. On the flip side, if I believe a person genuinely got saved in another church prior to baptism then I will accept their baptism. I also would only accept immersion not sprinkling.

I don't think water baptism is about salvation. It's an outward sign of an already occurred inward work.

 

[Robert William]

I have not seen anyone join my Baptist church who mentioned coming out of any church that practices infant baptism (such as Catholic, Lutheran or Presbyterian), so I'm not sure of the answer to this question. Baptists don't believe in infant baptism, but what happens if a Baptist church gets a new member who received infant baptism? Will we want to re-baptize them? I have the impression Baptists don't believe in or at least don't like re-baptizing, not because anyone's told me that but because I've never heard the situation discussed, in my own church or by Baptist writers.

Baby baptism is completely non biblical, it's an invention of man, it's an invention of Romanism.

 

[Robert William]

I have not seen anyone join my Baptist church who mentioned coming out of any church that practices infant baptism (such as Catholic, Lutheran or Presbyterian), so I'm not sure of the answer to this question. Baptists don't believe in infant baptism, but what happens if a Baptist church gets a new member who received infant baptism? Will we want to re-baptize them? I have the impression Baptists don't believe in or at least don't like re-baptizing, not because anyone's told me that but because I've never heard the situation discussed, in my own church or by Baptist writers.

Scripture clearly teaches believers baptism.

 

[Robert William]

I have not seen anyone join my Baptist church who mentioned coming out of any church that practices infant baptism (such as Catholic, Lutheran or Presbyterian), so I'm not sure of the answer to this question. Baptists don't believe in infant baptism, but what happens if a Baptist church gets a new member who received infant baptism? Will we want to re-baptize them? I have the impression Baptists don't believe in or at least don't like re-baptizing, not because anyone's told me that but because I've never heard the situation discussed, in my own church or by Baptist writers.

In 1980 I was by a Non Denominational Church Pastor baptized by full immersion, it was a beautiful experience.

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

My own experience is baptists want to re-baptize practically everybody who is not a baptist. I believe in the case of infant baptism, I would want them to be rebaptized because it is believer's baptism and an infant cannot believe. On the flip side, if I believe a person genuinely got saved in another church prior to baptism then I will accept their baptism. I also would only accept immersion not sprinkling.

I don't think water baptism is about salvation. It's an outward sign of an already occurred inward work.

good! so a testimony in front of people is not necessary....just you, the pastor & the Holy Spirit, right?

 

[Earth Wind and Fire]

In 1980 I was by a Non Denominational Church Pastor baptized by full immersion, it was a beautiful experience.

Thats certainly nice to hear

 

[Yeshua1]

Why not?

Never was given to us by Jesus to observe, as the main point of the foot washing was to me a spiriitual lesson/application to peter and the rest.

 

[Yeshua1]

My own experience is baptists want to re-baptize practically everybody who is not a baptist. I believe in the case of infant baptism, I would want them to be rebaptized because it is believer's baptism and an infant cannot believe. On the flip side, if I believe a person genuinely got saved in another church prior to baptism then I will accept their baptism. I also would only accept immersion not sprinkling.

I don't think water baptism is about salvation. It's an outward sign of an already occurred inward work.

We require the belivers baptism only if desiring to have official church membership.

 

[rlvaughn]

Never was given to us by Jesus to observe, as the main point of the foot washing was to me a spiriitual lesson/application to peter and the rest.

Of course it is a spiritual lesson, but Jesus literally practiced it.

 

[Yeshua1]

Of course it is a spiritual lesson, but Jesus literally practiced it.

But never formally stated for us to observe it foir all time going forward. i am not saying a church cannot practice this, as some indeed do, but was not given to us as Communion/Baptism was by Jesus!

 

[rlvaughn]

Why, certainly it was given to us by Jesus, unless someone else said, "Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you." (John 1:13-15)

 

[John D. Wright]

We require the belivers baptism only if desiring to have official church membership.

So you are saying that someone who is in the body of Christ and thus a member of the true church cannot join your local church if they are not baptized in a baptist church? Baptism to me is the outward sign of our salvation when we were placed into the true church.

 

[John D. Wright]

good! so a testimony in front of people is not necessary....just you, the pastor & the Holy Spirit, right?

No. I think it should be a public event. What made you think I meant that?

 

[Yeshua1]

So you are saying that someone who is in the body of Christ and thus a member of the true church cannot join your local church if they are not baptized in a baptist church? Baptism to me is the outward sign of our salvation when we were placed into the true church.

Does not have to be done in baptist churtch, but would still need believers baptism. Some Baptist churches will not give communion either if not batized right way, we do not hold that view!

 

[John D. Wright]

Does not have to be done in baptist churtch, but would still need believers baptism. Some Baptist churches will not give communion either if not batized right way, we do not hold that view!

Then we agree. The person has to be a believer when baptized or it's never valid no matter the form. And if a believer the actual baptism has to be done in a scripturally proscribed manner.

 

[Yeshua1]

Then we agree. The person has to be a believer when baptized or it's never valid no matter the form. And if a believer the actual baptism has to be done in a scripturally proscribed manner.

Agreed!