Baptist Baptism Research Paper

The reason why there are so many churches on every street corner of every city spurs from a much greater reason than disagreement of congregational conflict, sanctuary design, and worship preference. For many centuries the Baptist church has strived to form a Christian community that is established in both Scripture and Spirit crafted to best spiritually form Christians to live God’s calling for their lives. While there are numerous factors that differ us from our denominational brethren, I regard Believer’s Baptism, Authority of Scripture, Spiritual Conversion, and Evangelism as the “B.A.S.E.” or foundation of Baptist Identity.
Believers’ Baptism The most apparent practice that separates Baptists from many denominations is our namesake baptism. While each denomination differs in the mode of baptism and requirements of the baptized most Baptists believe that baptism should be done through immersion of Christians who has made a confession of faith. From the beginning of Baptist history, Baptists have been identified for their unique style of baptism. In the early sixteenth century, churches exclusively baptized infants. A small group of radical Reformation Christians, called Anabaptists decided that the church should follow the same baptism practice as the early church and began practicing believers’ baptism. David Bebbington explains how …show more content…
The Baptist World Alliance explains: “baptism speaks of how new Christians have had their sins ‘washed away’ by the Lord Jesus. Believers’ baptism by immersion also shows how we are buried with Christ (going under the water is a bit like a burial) and given new life in him (symbolized as we come up out of the water).” Baptism marks a Christians introduction into the body of saints that comprise the church. However, believer’s baptism is not merely done for symbolic purposes, but is ordained in