Baptism is God's gift to the church. The church baptizes with water, but God alone gives the seal of his Holy Spirit. Christian baptism depends upon faith. Both Children and adults are called upon to live lives of faith and obedience after baptism. While Moravians believe that baptism is the act of God, we do not believe that it is a magical act that makes our human response to God's initiative unnecessary.
Christian baptism carries a responsibility.
Parents of baptized children are called upon to raise their children in the fellowship of the church, and in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Their tools will include prayer, instruction and example. In the rite of confirmation, persons baptized as children are called upon to confirm their faith and to affirm the covenant with God in which their baptism as infants or children placed them. Every baptism is for the entire congregation. Ideally, every service of baptism will include an opportunity for each person who is present to affirm his or her own baptism and all that it means.