Believers Baptism

Believers Baptism is when a non-liturgical candidate accepts Jesus as his or her saviour and witnesses this to his or her local Church Congregation and then receives the spiritual benefits of Believers Baptism.

This type of baptismal service is strictly for adults, or teenagers but nobody under the age of eleven or twelve.  In a type of Free Church (where believers’ baptism takes place) there is no infant baptism, however; babies may be dedicated but never baptised.  In this dedication the child is blessed and people give thanks for his or her birth.  The reason for this in the Free Churches was that infants were not able to understand the symbolism of Christianity whereas adults realised the spiritual journey they were about to go on and were able to agree with certain Christian beliefs and accept Jesus as their saviour.  (They would be able to make their own mind up about whether to put their faith in Jesus).  The candidate would probably have had preparation lessons for baptism to ensure he or she understands the symbolism, the spiritual journey that is commencing and to accept certain Christian beliefs.  The type of things the believer must believe is that, he is a sinner and is separated from God by this sin.  He has to believe that the death of Jesus can take away that sin for a believer (his sin that he committed) and must believe the death of Jesus having taken away his sin and reconciles with God and is one with god; this is known as atonement.

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The denominations that use Believers Baptism are most Free or Evangelical churches, where there is no set book or set services to go by.  Some examples of this type of church are Baptist churches, Pentecostal churches and Gospel Halls.

As the ceremony is an act of witness, the service tends to be at the end of a Sunday Evening family (congregational) service.  

One would know that a Believers Baptism service is about to be performed as the Elder would introduce this part of the service and there would probably be a Bible reading.  The bible reading ...

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