It is our Disciple practice to baptize persons who are old enough to believe and make a decision to be baptized. Often children decide to confess their faith between the ages of nine and thirteen. Other people make that decision only later in life. However, Disciples generally accept people who were baptized by other methods from other church backgrounds into their membership without a re-baptism. Re-baptism is unnecessary and not to be encouraged.
Disciples tend to be very tolerant.
There is no official interpretation of the meaning of Scriptures. Each church member is invited to study scripture, engage in thoughtful dialogue with others, and develop a personal understanding of the meaning of scriptures. Of course, leadership within the local church gives leadership and direction in teaching the Christian faith. Most Disciples will see the Bible as divinely inspired by God, but not delivered through robots who simply recorded what God told them to say. Rather, scripture is a record of the interaction between God and his human children.