raekwon
Puritan Board Junior
So as to avoid a thread hijack, I'll pose this question again in a new thread . . .
So, knowing the confessional language, I wonder how some Presbyterians would handle someone transferring in from a Baptist denomination in which the person administering baptism doesn't necessarily have to be an ordained minister or elder (for example, at the SBC church I used to be a member of, most baptisms were administered by pastors, but occasionally, it would be administered by a lay-person who was instrumental in the baptizand's conversion). Priesthood of all believers and all that rot. I personally don't believe that priesthood of all believers extends to ministerial functions or privileges, but anyway . . .
Would/should such a baptism be considered invalid?
WCF 28:2 The outward element to be used in this sacrament is water, wherewith the party is to be baptized, in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, by a minister of the Gospel, lawfully called thereunto .
So, knowing the confessional language, I wonder how some Presbyterians would handle someone transferring in from a Baptist denomination in which the person administering baptism doesn't necessarily have to be an ordained minister or elder (for example, at the SBC church I used to be a member of, most baptisms were administered by pastors, but occasionally, it would be administered by a lay-person who was instrumental in the baptizand's conversion). Priesthood of all believers and all that rot. I personally don't believe that priesthood of all believers extends to ministerial functions or privileges, but anyway . . .
Would/should such a baptism be considered invalid?