Voice of the people

Baptism now not integral for salvation

Mr. Dave Peyton cited in his article in a fresh subject of The Herald-Dispatch, "Most contemporary-day Baptists are unwavering in their perception that you just need to be dunked to be born once again." i'm assuming that by means of "dunked" he's relating to "baptism via immersion." I have no idea the place Mr. Peyton took his survey, but i'm sure that it is not correct.

i am seventy three years historical. I actually have attended Baptist church buildings all of my existence and had been a member of a Baptist church given that i used to be saved as a young person. I also sang in a gospel neighborhood for over twenty years and sang in lots of Baptist churches as well as many churches of different denominations. I even have under no circumstances heard any Baptist preacher say that baptism, no matter if with the aid of immersion or sprinkling, became critical for salvation. Neither have I ever talked to any Baptist lay adult who thought that baptism become quintessential for salvation.

The Baptist doctrine follows the teachings of the Bible in that the handiest element that brings about one's salvation is a personal belief that Jesus Christ paid for his sins by way of demise on the pass of Calvary and trusting Him as his Savior. Baptism by immersion is only a logo of the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ and should best to be administered to a person that has already acquired Him as his own Savior.