What church does not baptize?

Denominations and religious groups opposed to infant baptism
Several nontrinitarian religious groups also oppose infant baptism, including Oneness Pentecostals, Christadelphians, Jehovah's Witnesses, United Church of God, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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Do all churches do baptism?

Catholics, Orthodox Christians, and many in the Protestant denominations baptize infants. Baptists, Anabaptists, and Pentecostal Churches baptize only adults or children old enough to profess their faith. The methods vary from sprinkling and pouring of water to full immersion.
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Why does salvation Army not baptize?

Fewer still are aware that the Salvation Army, for most of its history, avoided Communion, also called the Eucharist or Lord's Supper, and baptisms on the grounds that those outward symbols of Christian faith were unnecessary and might substitute for a fully lived life of faith and love.
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Do Mormons get Baptised?

Mormon children are baptised at the age of eight (considered the age of accountability). They are likely to be baptised by their father, who is almost certainly a holder of the Priesthood of Melchizedek, and so authorised to baptise.
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Do Baptists have to be baptized?

Most baptists do not believe that baptism is a requirement for salvation, but rather a public expression of one's inner repentance and faith. Therefore, some churches will admit into membership persons who make a profession without believer's baptism.
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What the LDS church does not tell you when you get baptized



Can you go to heaven without being baptized?

While Jesus told Nicodemus, “Amen, Amen, I say to you, no one can enter the kingdom of God without being born of water and Spirit” (John 3:5), he did not set baptism as a hindrance to salvation but just the opposite. We so often judge things by human standards, but God is not restrained by our standards.
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Do all denominations baptise?

Baptism is practised by nearly all Christian denominations as it is seen as an instruction from God and a way of following Jesus' example. However, the denominations practise baptism in different ways.
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Do the Mormons believe Jesus is God?

Like most Christians, Mormons believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Creator of the World.
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Which religion requires you to be baptized?

Catholics, Orthodox, and most mainline Protestant groups assert baptism is a requirement for salvation and a sacrament, and speak of "baptismal regeneration".
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Why don t Mormons baptize babies?

In the Book of Mormon, we learn that the doctrine of Christ is “repentance and baptism unto those who are accountable and capable of committing sin” (Moroni 8:10). So since little children are not accountable for or capable of sinful acts, they don't need baptism.
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Which churches do not take Communion?

The Eastern Orthodox Church is not in Communion with the Roman Church, nor is it in Communion with any Protestant denominational church. Eastern Orthodox Christians are forbidden from receiving Communion in any church other than Eastern Orthodox.
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Do Quakers believe in baptism?

Quakers neither practise baptism nor celebrate the Eucharist. They don't regard some activities as more sacred than others, nor do they believe that any particular ritual is needed to get in touch with God, so they do not believe in the sacraments practised in mainstream Christian churches.
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Do Lutherans believe in baptism for salvation?

Lutherans teach baptism to be necessary, but not absolutely necessary, for salvation. That means that although baptism is indeed necessary for salvation, it is, as Luther said, contempt for the sacraments that condemns, not lack of the sacraments.
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Does the Pentecostal church do baptism?

Pentecostal churches follow scripture in practising baptism by immersion. For Pentecostals water baptism is an outward symbol of a conversion that has already occurred. It is the conversion that is essential; the water baptism is an additional element. Infant baptism is not practised in Pentecostal churches.
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Can you be Baptised in any church?

You can have your baby Christened at your local parish church and it is usually held as part of the main Sunday service. If you want to have the christening at a different church, for example, where you grew up or where you were married, you will need to talk to the vicar at that church.
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Do Lutherans get baptized?

Depending on the situation, therefore, Lutherans baptize people of all ages from infancy to adulthood. The LCMS does not believe that Baptism is ABSOLUTELY necessary for salvation. All true believers in the Old Testament era were saved without baptism.
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Where does the Bible say you have to be baptized?

We Must Be Baptized for the Remission of Our Sins

The Apostle Peter taught, “Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins” (Acts 2:38). Following Paul's conversion, Ananias said to him, “Arise, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins” (Acts 22:16).
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Do Christians need to be baptize?

Jesus' last instructions to his disciples highlight the importance of baptism for believers and the church. The disciples obeyed Jesus and made disciples of Him. And they baptized the new believers as Jesus had commanded them. Baptism has continued to be an integral part of the Christian church throughout its history.
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What do you call someone who is not Baptised?

In Catholicism, a catechumen is an adult who has never been baptized into any Christian faith, who undergoes study and spiritual preparation for initiation into the Church.
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Who do Mormons pray to?

Mormon prayer is a sincere, heartfelt talk with God the Father. Mormons pray only to God; they do not pray to any other being or to anything made by man or God.
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What is the biggest difference between Mormonism and Christianity?

One of the preeminent responses given by non-Mormons of why Mormons are not Christian is they do not believe in the Trinity. Ostling and Ostling state that the LDS Church rejects the Jesus Christ of Christian orthodoxy in that they believe that God the Father is greater than Jesus.
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What religion is most similar to Mormonism?

Islam and Mormonism have been compared to one another ever since the earliest origins of the latter in the nineteenth century, often by detractors of one religion or the other—or both.
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Do Catholics do baptism?

Baptism serves as the first sacrament one receives when entering the Catholic Faith. It is a sacrament of initiation (which you can only receive one time), meaning once you received it, you officially enter into the body of Christ, the Catholic Church.
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Do Protestant churches baptise?

Most Protestant churches only practice two of these sacraments: baptism and the Eucharist (called Lord's Supper). They are perceived as symbolic rituals through which God delivers the Gospel. They are accepted through faith.
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How many times can you be baptized in church?

Given once for all, Baptism cannot be repeated. The baptisms of those to be received into the Catholic Church from other Christian communities are held to be valid if administered using the Trinitarian formula. As the Catechism of the Catholic Church states: 1256.
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