Jonathco
Puritan Board Sophomore
Hi folks,
A question for my fellow credo-baptists. Does your church require membership or at least minimally a meeting/discussion with an elder/pastor prior to baptism?
I ask, as I've become increasingly concerned over my church's practices regarding baptism. My church is very evangelistic and does frequent salvation messages, followed by calling people to come forward and be baptized immediately (the church now even offers a change of clothes so you can get baptized on the spot). Sadly, what we see a lot of is visitors around Christmas, Easter, and our community outreach events coming to church, getting baptized in massive-assembly-line fashion, and then you do not see them again in church.
This has bothered me for a while now, but a recent 9Marks podcast reaffirmed this for me as a significant issue. How do your churches handle this? What is required in your congregation for baptism?
A question for my fellow credo-baptists. Does your church require membership or at least minimally a meeting/discussion with an elder/pastor prior to baptism?
I ask, as I've become increasingly concerned over my church's practices regarding baptism. My church is very evangelistic and does frequent salvation messages, followed by calling people to come forward and be baptized immediately (the church now even offers a change of clothes so you can get baptized on the spot). Sadly, what we see a lot of is visitors around Christmas, Easter, and our community outreach events coming to church, getting baptized in massive-assembly-line fashion, and then you do not see them again in church.
This has bothered me for a while now, but a recent 9Marks podcast reaffirmed this for me as a significant issue. How do your churches handle this? What is required in your congregation for baptism?