I can't wait for our Great Lakes Church Worship Night this Sunday at 6 pm!!!!  Click here for details (you can sign up to be baptized on this page as well) 

Here are 4 questions I was asked this week regarding water baptism:

1) I'm a follower of Jesus Christ, but don't know if I'm ready for water baptism... what do you suggest?  Water baptism is not a "graduation"!  It doesn't symbolize "arriving" or "finishing".  It's more like the first day of school (just the beginning).  Baptism says, "I've accepted God's grace into my life and I'm now following Him one step at a time!"  (Acts 8:36-38)

2) How quickly after receiving God's grace into my life should I be baptized?  As soon as possible.  In the Bible, this always happened immediately after someone became a Christian. (Acts 2:41)

3) I was baptized as a baby, should I be re-baptized as an adult?  Yes.  When you were baptized as a baby, it was your parents prayer and desire that you would follow God.  Now that you're old enough to believe in and embrace God's love for yourself... this should be something you do.  PLEASE KNOW: THIS IS NOT DISMISSING YOUR INFANT BAPTISM, IT IS AFFIRMING WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU!  Everyone in the Bible who was baptized did so as an adult.

4) What does baptism represent?  In baptism, we publicly identify ourselves as followers of Jesus Christ.  Baptism symbolized death (going down into water) and resurrection (coming up from the water).  We're identifying with Christ's death and resurrection by saying, "I'm dead to my old life and I've been risen to new life through Christ!".  (Romans 6:4)

In addition to the water baptism faqs on this blog, you can click here for more answers.

In closing, here is Tony Peterson describing what happens at our worship nights.