BAPTISM

“Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the end of the age.”
- Jesus (Matthew 28:19-20)

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​Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior, the believer’s death to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of church membership.

Jesus tells us to celebrate our new life in Christ by following His command to be baptized. Baptism doesn’t save us, but it does tell the world that we have been saved and demonstrates our love and obedience to Jesus. It's a public declaration that we have died to our old way of living and are now living in the new life found in Jesus.