Baptism/Baby/Child Dedication – Emmanuel Christian Center

Baptism

Baptism is intended to be an essential part of the spiritual foundation of all Christians. Water baptism was commanded by Jesus and throughout the New Testament as an outward expression of an inward decision to make Jesus Christ Lord. We baptize people by immersion (complete submersion in water) because this is how it was done in the Bible. We do not baptize infants because only those who were able to make a decision to follow the ways of Christ and repent for their sins were baptized in the scriptures.

We hold baptisms every fifth Sunday of any month. More information can be found in the Connect catalog located in any of our four lobbies and also available online.

Click to register for the next water baptsim.

Baby/Child Dedication

We do not baptize infants (see above), but we recognize that infant baptism is a part of many families’ history and tradition. Because of this we offer Baby Dedications. In this portion of our services we pray for the child and the parents that God would protect, lead, and guide the child being dedicated as well as the parents. Baby Dedications occur during the 9:00 or 11:00 a.m. service on the following dates in 2012: January 22, April 22, July 22 and October 28. Watch for details in the bulletin or register below for the next scheduled Baby Dedication.