I can’t think of anything in a worship service I enjoy more than baptisms. I love to preach, and I love leading worship, but few things fill me with more joy than baptisms.
The picture we paint of someone being “buried with Christ and raised to walk in a new way of life” is enough to make my heart flutter and my eyes get misty.
Recently, I had a friend reach out with questions about the how-to of baptisms as he prepared to do his first, and as I answered, I couldn’t help but write a few practical tips for our readers, even if baptisms are second-nature to many of us. Read More
If their baptism is to be memorable, candidates who are adults, school age, or even preschool, should get really wet. The Book of Common Prayer prescribes either dipping--immersion--or pouring. By pouring, it means one or more buckets of water poured over the head and shoulders of the candidate so that he or she is drenched with water. A damp hand on the forehead, which passes for baptism in a number of Anglicans churches, is not memorable. Children who were baptized as infants or toddlers should be invited to witness the baptism close up. Sprinkling is not a genuine Anglican practice and embodies a misinterpretation of Scripture.
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