Some believe it is as important to celebrate the date of your baptism as it is your birthday. I no longer have my baptismal certificate. Although my parents assured me that I was baptized in Avis, Pa. by a Methodist District Superintendent, they could not remember the date. I received a reply that the minister at that time did not keep very good records, so the church had no record of my baptism. The minister, of course, was my father, who was the pastor of the church and took his baptismal records with him when he left.
People exchange forgiveness and freedom from the past for captivity to the present.
The wedding guidelines have been ammend-ed a few times, but the guidelines about membership and baptism have remained the same. Let me share with you what our guidelines say about baptism. In the Sacrament of Baptism we receive our Christian Name and become part of the Body of Christ, the Church. This congregation recognizes the baptism of all other churches. The congregation permits all forms of baptism - sprinkling, immersion, etc.