Which sequence describes baptism as practiced in the Mississippi district church?

Which sequence describes baptism as practiced in the Mississippi district church?

• A. Infant sprinkling.
• B. Private ceremony.
• C. Public confession of faith; immersion; membership.
• D. Baptism by pouring.

Answer: (C)

Believer’s baptism by immersion after a public profession of faith is the pattern here. The church views baptism as a public testimony that someone has trusted Christ, followed by being baptized by immersion to symbolize death to the old life and new life in Christ. After this visible step of obedience, the person is received as a member of the local church. Infant sprinkling and pouring don’t fit this sequence, and baptism isn’t typically a private, non-public rite in this tradition. So the order they practice is: public confession of faith, immersion, then membership.

Believer’s baptism by immersion after a public profession of faith is the pattern here. The church views baptism as a public testimony that someone has trusted Christ, followed by being baptized by immersion to symbolize death to the old life and new life in Christ. After this visible step of obedience, the person is received as a member of the local church. Infant sprinkling and pouring don’t fit this sequence, and baptism isn’t typically a private, non-public rite in this tradition. So the order they practice is: public confession of faith, immersion, then membership.