OK for a woman to baptize?

Brother Bob,

You stated that you only accept baptisms from within your Association.
Are you saying that if you happened to be a part of the Southern Baptist Associattion you wouldn't accept an Independent Baptist's baptism for membership? Or are you saying association as in "this camp" or "that camp.?"

 

I am saying if we were a part of the SBC, then we would accept any baptism preformed by a church in SBC, for they would be of our same faith and order.

We are not a part of the SBC but in our correspondence are around two hundred churches, of which we accept baptisms from any church in that two hundred. Will the SBC accept baptisms done by the Pope or his preists or clergy?

We also consider Baptism to be a part of the ministry and therefore must be an ordained Preacher to perform the baptism. We do allow a "lay" person to help in the baptism as long as the Elder says the rites of baptism. I guess "rites" would be the right word, not sure. "We baptize this our brother in the name of The Father, The Son and The Holy Ghost, and then "amen".

 

Historically, in the early church the pastor never dealt with a woman, that included baptism. Women only instructed younger women and children. Women were baptized in front of other women only.

 

Was the work of Judas redone?

 

Hope this helps,

 

Brother Bob, Of coarse we wouldn't believe in the validity of a batism by the Pope nor by anyone else who does unbiblically. My questioning is concerning true biblical Baptism. You state that you would only accept the Baptism from about 200 churches. Are you saying that there are now on Earth, currently only 200 churches which Baptize biblically? Please inform me of this "Association." Thank you.

 

My dear sweet (egghead professorial) husband has just informed me that women did perform baptisms in the early church (1-2 century). Baptisms were performed naked, so women baptized women.

 

We also have "closed" communion. You say you would not accept the Pope's work. I am sure if we went down them one by one, there would be others, JW, Seventh Day Adventist, Mormons etc.
So, you see we all have our ways about us. I in no way would question your church or any other. We been around for a long time. We are The Old Regular Baptist. Now there is "Regular Baptist", but that is not us. We reach from Michigan to Fla. all up and down the East coast. We are very much like "Primitive" baptist in many ways of how we worship, except we believe in Salvation to all that will believe.

 

1 CORINTHAINS Chapter14 vers34-35 Let your women keep SILENCE in the CHURCHES:for it is not PERMITTED unto them to SPEAK;but they are COMMANDED to be under obedience,as also saith the LAW.35 And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home:for it is a shame for a women to speak in THE CHURCH. 36 What? came the word of God out from you? or came it unto you only?37 If any man thank himself to be a prophet or spiritual let him ACKNOWLEDGE that the things that I WRITE ARE THE COMMANDMENTS OF THE LORD. 38 But if any man be IGNORANT, let him Be IGNORANT.

 

I dont see the part about baptism in there

 

1 Timothy Chapter 2 vers 11 Let the women learn in silence with all subjection. 12 I suffer not a women to teach, nor to usurp authority over tha man,but to be in SILENCE. vers 15 Notwithstanding she SHALL be SAVED in CHILDBEARING, if she CONTINUE in FAITH and CHARITY and HOLINESS with sobriety.

 

you can baptize someone in silence :saint:

 

And he said unto them Full well you REJECT the COMMANDMENT of God that YOU may KEEP YOUR OWN TRADITION. Mark chapter 7 vers9

 

time to post something other than what you think about women.

sheesh.

 

What about the "tradition" of the early church where women baptized?

 

The possibility of women baptizing reappears in the Praescriptio Haereticorum. This work indicates that there were in Carthage Christians apparently less interested in the creative tension of gift and office, since Tertullian attacks groups whose hierarchy is entirely fluid:

The very women of these heretics, how wanton they are! For they are bold enough to teach, to dispute, to enact exorcisms, to undertake cures - it may be even to baptize. Their ordinations, are carelessly. administered, capricious, changeable. At one time they put novices in office; at another time, men who are bound to some secular employment; at another, persons who have apostatized from us,

I found this where they had apostatized from the church, is this what your husband is referring to. They not only baptized, they did it all, it seems like.
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It's always nice to see people add to scripture isn't it. (sarcasm)

 

only if you hold them under the water long enough...