Bakey
New Member
I was caught very off guard this weekend by a friend of the family (she's basically an aunt, she's known me since I was born) who was at our house vehemently expressed her disdain for a local Baptist church because they require members to be baptized by full immersion in order to join. Her daughter and son-in-law were considering joining but they didn't want to be baptized because they both grew up Methodist and they didn't want their original "sprinkling" baptism to be rendered "meaningless" by a full-immersion baptism just to join a church.
Having grown up baptist, I don't get this.
Can someone clarify WHY they would think that a full immersion baptism might render their previous one meaningless?
Having grown up baptist, I don't get this.
Can someone clarify WHY they would think that a full immersion baptism might render their previous one meaningless?