Featured Should I get Re-Baptized?

What's the hurry to join this particular church? Is it a requirement that you be a member before you can get married? Is someone putting pressure on you to join this particular church right now?

Regardless of what anyone else has to say, what is your personal conviction, especially, if you have been previously baptised by immersion?

As a teenager, I was sprinkled after accepting Christ. Was given the choice of being sprinkled or immersed. Church was another similar demonination to "Baptist".

Long period of time passed when I didn't go to church.

After we'd been attending my current church for a few weeks, the pastor invited us to join. No pressure. Simply, we'd be glad to have you as members, if you decide you'd like to be a part of our congregation.

After a few months had passed we told our pastor that we would like to become members there. Then several more weeks passed before the Sunday we actually stood before the church for approval of membership via letter. We'd been there long enough that a couple of members quiped afterwards -- "I thought you were already a member".

Now for the rest of the story and the reason for the questions.

Prior to that Sunday, we'd talked to our pastor and told him that we both had been sprinkled. Did we have to be re-baptised in order to become members. His answer was no. If we had a personal conviction that we should be re-baptised he would be honored to hold the service. Don't remember his exact words, but they were something along the line of partaking of communion. If it is done without true conviction, then going through the motions means nothing.

To make a long story short, I was re-baptised by immersion a little over 10 months of first walking into the church we attend today. My pastor allowed the Holy Spirit time to do His work.

Repeat: What's the hurry? What's your conviction?

 

that seems to be a church by church requirement condition, as my Baptist church accpted my baptism that was done by immersion, after I had believed, in the Assemblies of God church, so we acknowledge as legit immersion belivers baptism done in trinitarian churches that epouse "baptist like " doctrines...

We do has that those infant baptized be rebaptized, as do not see it as being legit...

 

It usually comes out in their doctrine of the church - there is no universal church, only the local church. It is often called Landmarkism.

I think there are two versions of the Missionary Baptist movement, you might ask or look at their paper work and see which they are aligned with - if either - then go to the website and snoop around a little.

 

IF you hold a local church viewpoint, probably would only accept baptism done by immersion, by a "like mind" baptist church

If hold to Universal, would accept as valid one done by a church not Baptist, as long as Trinitarian....

 

:laugh::laugh:

Sounds like her morality is growing by leaps and bounds.:laugh::laugh: Bet her dad just loves you.


This is all about a woman. Dude, do not be unequally yoked. If you had to ask, you don't have a clear conscience about it, and whatever is not of faith is sin. So just break up. There are babes outside the IFB, too.

 

I should speak to you privately...but I'm probably biased on these people. Bottom line your gonna do what you want to do....but don't ever compromise your beliefs...I say no, no, no. Besides, your the leader of your home & your seriously comprising that.!

 

If you have been biblically baptized, then you should not get baptized again. If they say you do, then you should go somewhere else and not compromise. They are asking you to do something unbiblical by being baptized a 2nd time.

 

Means they don't believe in the universal church. I know where that statement comes from and the first line should read "true church" and not local church. Churches that only believe in the local church change that.

 

No . . . just been around the block a time or two. :type:

and babes. :love2:

Novice. :laugh:

 

Excellent, wise post.

 

Are you a member of THE church?The saved sanctified believers that turned their lives over to Christ?
If so it matters not which steeple you choose to worship under, just be certain the Bible is preached and not the religion.

Remember Ephesians 4 and James 1.
There is 1 baptism, 1 Faith, no matter how many religions there may be.
James tells us what true religion is.