can a christians baptize someone that just got save, if he or she ask to be baptize. do you have to be a pastor.
2006-08-31 17:05:20 · 8 answers · asked by g-man 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i'm a christian without a denomination.
i don't like denominations. and i know that you don't need to be baptize inorder to be safe. you don't have to have a membership in church to baptize.john the baptis din't have a church when he was baptizing.
2006-08-31 17:51:31 · update #1
You can baptize some one. Just make sure you are right with God. "Go forth and make disciples of the nations and baptize in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit." No where does it say preachers go forth.
Good luck God bless and keep doing Gods work!
2006-08-31 17:16:17 · answer #1 · answered by niaflower 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the church. Normally it is preferable for a pastor to do it, but when I joined the Baptist Church over here in Poland all those years ago, I told them the truth: I'd been baptized as an infant (which doesn't count among the Baptists), and then I'd been baptized privately (with about 35 witnesses) by a fellow missionary - who was not ordained (at least he was male though; it would have been worse if he'd been a she...) - when I was there in 1989. It was enough for almost everyone in the congregation - I understand one person voted against, two abstained, but the rest of the over 100 members voted in favor...
And quite a number of churches permit lay persons to baptize if it's an emergency, e.g. the 'baptee' is about to die or something, or they are in a location where there are few pastors and they don't know when the pastor will be able to visit again, or it might attract too much attention for him to visit specially. The Catholics, the Episcopalians, probably also the Lutherans, and maybe others as well.
2006-09-01 00:16:49 · answer #2 · answered by songkaila 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scripturally, we don't find any admonition in the bible that says you have to be an ordained minister. Even Jesus didn't baptize anyone in water. Paul was particular about who he baptized (I Cor. 1:14-17). Although it does appear that the disciples baptized people in the Book of Acts. In Acts 8, Philip the Evangelist baptized an ethiopian eunuch on the side of a road in the desert. In answer to your question, no you do not have to be a pastor, but I would strongly recommend a church leader performs this sacred rite in public for the full significance of water baptism. God Bless.
2006-09-01 00:18:54 · answer #3 · answered by pastor 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who may administer a baptism
In normal circumstances, a licit baptism must be performed by a priest (for the Orthodox) or by a priest or deacon (for Roman Catholics and Anglicans) or by a duly ordained or appointed pastor or minister for Methodists and many other Protestant denominations. However, in cases of a genuine emergency, anyone may perform the baptism - if, for example, an unbaptized person, in danger of imminent death, desires baptism, but a priest is not available to perform one, and there is a real danger the person may die before a priest can baptize them. However, if serious doubt exists about the validity of the baptism performed, a conditional baptism by a priest may occur at a later time. The concern would be any deficiency in the celebration of the sacrament.
The Catholic Church teaches that even when a baptism is illicit, it may be valid if done with water and by the proper form (Trinitarian formula), with intent to baptize, by any person, even a non-Christian. In the Orthodox Church, the baptism must be performed by another Orthodox Christian based on the understanding that a person cannot convey that which he himself does not possess, in this case membership in the Church.
2006-09-01 00:09:14 · answer #4 · answered by Becki 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It depends on the church/pastor. Some church let any friend or family member (that is a Christian) baptize you. You, yourself, have to make sure you're making the decision for the right reason. Baptism isn't all about doing the right thing. It's commiting your life wholly and cleansing your life "outwardly".
2006-09-01 00:19:59 · answer #5 · answered by superduper 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
answer yes, as far as i know for protestan side. some one leader of the church. usually not a good idea for someone just save go baptize shall be some time like some years. because they arein't mature unless special case such as go to combat etc.. well baptize is more like a way show public u been save nothing much more than that. but most important make sure he or her is for sure been save by Jesus.
2006-09-01 00:12:23 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are set as a leader of a group you may baptize them.
2006-09-01 00:22:28 · answer #7 · answered by springday 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm sure you could start your own religious sect to allow this, as that's probably what happened 2,000 years ago.
2006-09-01 00:08:41 · answer #8 · answered by J9 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋