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leeda
Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Anybody want to be my disciple? This post has the power to reach all nations. I'm not sure how to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
vethumanbeing
leeda
Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Anybody want to be my disciple? This post has the power to reach all nations. I'm not sure how to baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Have you ever walked into a Babtist Church (dare you) and asked the proctor/minister to babtize you; (a water Christian birth John the Babtist style)? Here is the normal response (given in total irony ABSENT); the answer is "We Do Not Do That Sort Of Thing Here and so, cannot help you".edit on 7-2-2014 by vethumanbeing because: (no reason given)
Maybe they don't just baptize random strangers whose motivations they aren't sure of? I know some churches require at least some teaching and counseling before they will do some things.
The minister who married my husband and I required us to meet with him for a couple of weeks for counseling because he wanted to be sure he was doing the right thing as we weren't members of his congregation.
ketsuko
Every Baptist church I've ever been to does that full immersion kind of baptism.
Maybe they don't just baptize random strangers whose motivations they aren't sure of? I know some churches require at least some teaching and counseling before they will do some things.
The minister who married my husband and I required us to meet with him for a couple of weeks for counseling because he wanted to be sure he was doing the right thing as we weren't members of his congregation.
wildtimes
reply to post by ketsuko
Honestly, though - why would a clergyman refuse to baptize someone???
Do you believe the words I speak
TheConstruKctionofLight
reply to post by leeda
leeda
Do you believe the words I speak
Sorry I have to wait 300 years after your death, take some books written about you by some of your followers 60 years after your death, hold a council of 300 bishops, wade through miracles attributed to you and then decide what the Church of Leeda will look like (First Council of Nicae circa 325AD)If your group of disciples fake your death and ascension all the better