Describe what happens in a modern day christian baptism cermony?

Question

Tell me what happens in order. Baby and adult baptisms please.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

depends on the denomination but typically for a infant parents come up there are some promisses made by the parents and congregation, then the minister takes some water in his/her hands and says "I baptise you in the name of the father the son and the holy spirit" while sprinkling or pouring the water on to the childs head. For adult baptisms mostly the same accept for the adult is asked to affirm their faith and then the sprinkling... There is also the "dunking" method typically only done with adults same basic thing as the sprinkling accept you dunk them in a bunch of water.

Answer 2

It would depend on the church/ denomination. Some denominations have a prescribed order of baptism. Some churches do not. Baptism generally (or maybe always) involves water but some churches only sprinkle the water on the person's forehead while others believe in fully immersing the person in water. In my church the pastor will explain the purpose of baptism. He will then ask the person if they have accepted Jesus as their personal saviour. They answer yes or no and then have the option of telling their story of how they came to know Jesus. The pastor (or any other Christian who is doing the baptism) will then say "I baptise you in the name of the father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" and will support the person while lowering them back into the water until they are fully immersed and then helping them to stand back up again. Often there will be two people helping with the baptism. I was baptised in a river, but most of our baptisms are in a special baptism tank that is brought into the building (we rent a school for our services) for that purpose.

Answer 3

Infant baptism: the minister/preacher/priest says a few words; there may be a part of a liturgy spoken in some faiths. A small vessel of water is used, and either a bit is poured on the infant's head, or the clergyperson simply gets a bit into his/her fingers and places the wet fingers on the baby's head. There's usually a prayer afterward.

Adult baptism: non-immersion baptisms are pretty much the same as for infants. Immersion baptisms have both the clergyperson and the baptismal candidate in water, usually about waist-deep. In most denominations, the clergyperson will ask one or more ritual questions about beliefs. After the candidate answers, the clergyperson will lower the candidate below the water briefly, and then raise him/her out.

Answer 4

In my church, they typically baptize people during a regular service (usually at the begining). The person being baptized (sometimes an entire family or a small group of friends) join the pastor in the front of the church. The church has an old baptismal font hidden behind the back wall of the stage...glass sides so everyone can see the immersion.

The pastor usually begins by introducing the people to the congregation and perhaps relating a brief account of how they came to the church. He then asks each person, "what is your testimony" to which they reply with something like "Jesus is my Lord and Savior". The pastor then places on hand behind the person's back and holds their hands (many put their hands over their nose) and the pastor immerses the person in the water while saying something like "die to sin and rise to a new life"...others say something like "I baptize you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit". The congregation claps and the ceremony is over.

We don't always baptize in the church sanctuary...one of our campuses meets in a movie theatre...they baptize in a swimming pool at the campus pastor's home...we're baptizing a group of people in an EZ-set pool set up at our new church location (in a building that used to house an indoor mini-mall). I was baptized in the pool at a local hotel as an adult...and I'm pretty sure I was baptized in my youth (around 10) in the river (but I don't remember the details which explains the second baptism).

The exact words vary a bit but all the one's I've witnessed involved the person confessing their belief publicly and the pastor saying something as he immersed the person...short and sweet.

I do know that other denominations practice baptism using methods other than immersion but I've never seen it done so I can't comment. I do know that a friend recently had her infant baptized in the Catholic church and the ceremony was scheduled for considerably more time than the minute or so per person I've experienced...but I wasn't able to attend so I don't know how much of the alotted time was devoted to the ceremony.

Answer 5

Modern Baptism

Answer 6

It depends on the denomination of Christianity you are looking at.

The Orthodox Christian prefer baptism by immersion for infants, although there is baptism for adults as well in the case of a person who was not baptised as a child. The reasons behind this are explained in this essay from the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese website

Answer 7

Baby baptisms are not Biblical.

Usually what occurs is that the person who is about to baptized tells the people present how and when he or she became a Christian and why they want to be baptized.

Then that person and another, often a Pastor, go into some water where the Pastor dunks them under the water for a second in the Name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit according to Matthew chapter 28.

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Answer 8

babies are normally not baptized they are dedicated back to the Lord by the parents and loved ones. Meaning the parents and loved ones give this child back to God. To raise this child up to live for Jesus. They are annointed with oil or head is washed with water.
When you are baptized you are dedicating yourself, your life, your soul to God. You are asking for forgiveness of your sins and openly accepting our Lord Jesus Christ as your Lord and your savior, you are asking him to come into your heart. The elder will dunk you into the water and pull you up and continue to pray for you and if you surrender yourself to Jesus and allow the Holy Ghost to come in you will then receive the complete gift of the baptism.

Answer 9

First you have to pick a denomination

The First International Anglican Episcopal Lutheran Presbyterian Reformed Methodist Baptist Seventh Day Adventist Pentecostal Nazarene Unitarian Gospel Non Denominational Church and Assembly of God Christ Science Scientist of Latter Day Saints Jehovah Witness Evangelical Christian Restoration Calvary Bible Apostolic Progressive Faith Holiness Universalist Discipleship Congregational Covenant Independent United Communion Fellowship Conference Convention Association and Community Of The Lord. American Baptists, Southern Baptists, Christian Unity Baptists, Primitive Baptists, Duck River & Kindred Associations of Baptists, Baptist Church of Christ, Freewill Baptists, General Baptists, General Six—Principle Baptists, Independent Baptist Church of America, National Baptist, Evangelical Life & Soul Saving Assembly of the U.S.A., Regular Baptists, Separate Baptists, Seventh Day Baptists, Two Seed in the Spirit Predestinarian Baptists, United American Freewill Baptists, United Baptists, Free Communion Baptists, Anti-mission Baptists, Conservative Baptists, Fundamental Baptists,


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Answer 10

Baby baptisms are unbiblical and accomplish nothing spiritually.

Adult baptisms only should occur if the person FIRST believes that Jesus, who is God, died for our sins on the cross and rose again.

Baptism doesn't save, and it is not required for salvation. It is only for the already saved, and the only way anyone can be saved is by believing the above Gospel about Jesus Christ.