Baptism is the first ordinance of the gospel. Various churches have various forms of baptism, such as dipping, pouring, sprinkling, forward immersion, backward immersion, trine immersion, rose petals, dirt, and sand. Baptism is an absolutely essential ordinance if we are to enter the kingdom of God. We accept Christ by being baptized.
Baptism is a saving ordinance.
We will never understand the atonement of Christ as our individual release from sin unless we are baptized. The Bible is clear that we must be baptized in order to enter the kingdom of God. If it was necessary for Christ to be baptized, in the fulfillment of all righteousness, then it is even more necessary for us to be baptized. The doctrine of baptism according to the LDS faith differs from most ther churches in a few areas. The first of these would be the form of baptism.