Baptism

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Baptism

There's nothing special about the water.
There's nothing magical about the act.
We can go to heaven without being baptized . . .
But JESUS asks us to do it in obedience
as a symbol of our relationship with Him . . .
a testimony of what we believe . . .
a demonstration that we've left a former way of life
to live a new life as children of GOD!

Please read below for more information about our faith and practice of Baptism.
Click here if you would like to be contacted by a pastor regarding baptism for yourself or a loved one.

Baptism symbolizes death and life - Yours!

When you receive Christ, you start over (II Corinthians 5:17). You die to yourself and are born again in Him (John 3:3). Our "Spiritual baptism" in Christ (I Corinthians 12:13) identifies us with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ: we were spiritually baptized into His death and raised to a new life (Romans 6:3-4). Water baptism symbolizes this spiritual action: being immersed represents the death and burial of your old life, and coming up out of the water represents resurrection. It reminds you and tells others that you are starting a new life.

Baptism symbolizes a bath - a thorough cleansing

When you became a Christian, God washed the sins from your life and gave you a pardon (Titus 3:5-6). Jesus made that possible. Peter mentions that and explains that it is not the water that saves you or makes you clean (I Peter 3:21). Water baptism is the symbol of the clean conscience God gives you when you take His grace. Being clean feels good! And baptism is Christ's visual aid of the cleansing already accomplished in the life of a Christian.

Baptism is only a symbol

Baptism always should follow believing in and receiving Christ. It's simply a symbol of what has already happened - the unseen work of the Spirit bringing you into the body of Christ. That's why we don't baptize children who are too young to believe.