Baptism and the Lord's Supper Baptism and the Lord's Supper Baptism and The Lord's Supper are universally practiced by Christian churches. These two rituals are known as church ordinances or sacraments.
Ordinances are rites that believers practice as part of their Christian faith.
These rites are outward symbols and testimonies of inward spiritual grace. However the experience of baptism and the Lord's supper do not create spiritual change. Only God through Christ's shed blood can make us a new creation. No act of man, or ritual observed, will create merit in a person. Our very best works, no matter how well intentioned, do not change spiritual reality.