For further information, go to to Links . We become members of the Christian Church through Baptism . The church is the body of which Christ is the head and all baptized people are the members. The Church is an organism like a human family and not an organization like a club. As like with a birth family, once you are a member of the Christian family you re in it for life, eventhough you may not yet belong to a parish.
Most Baptism are with infants.
Less common but growing in popularity are adult baptisms, as that s when the person discovered Christianity. There s no such thing as re-baptism in the Episcopal Church. If you decide you want to become an Episcopalian, and you were already baptised elsewhere, you won t be baptised a second time. You were marked as Christ s own the first time around. Roman Catholic vs. Episcopal Beliefs Due to several email requests, I've put together this list comparing the Roman Catholic beliefs to Episcopal beliefs.