Baptism

This We Believe....

In water baptism by sprinkling, pouring or immersion, and all who repent should be baptized in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Baptism and Salvation
Baptism is not a requirement of salvation, but it is a requirement of obedience. Baptism is a first step of discipleship. Although all meanings of baptism are significant, the one that most often comes to mind is water baptism as a picture of having come to know Christ as Lord and Savior. Baptism is never the event but, rather, the picture of the event. So the pattern of obedience is to come to Christ in trust and then to picture that through the symbol of baptism.