Not at all, and scripture gives no indication that it does. Instead, baptism is the professing of your faith.

Every person who comes to believe in Christ should be baptized! In recognizing that sin separates us from God, and believing that Jesus Christ’s death on the cross bridges the gap between us and God by paying the penalty for our sin, you are deciding to trust Christ alone for your salvation, and following Christ in baptism professes that newfound faith publicly and symbolizes your new life in Christ!

As soon as you have believed in Christ for salvation, or if you stepped away from God for a period and have recently rededicated your life to being a disciple of Christ (without having been baptized before). You can also have a past baptism reaffirmed as an adult if you were baptized as a child but weren’t given the full explanation and understanding. This is a special time to look back to the day that you were baptized and reclaim that moment for today as you now understand its importance and impact, and we’d love to celebrate this decision with you!

We have a handful of baptism services planned throughout the year and occasionally make special plans to host a baptism during a service if the situation calls for it. To get baptized, you just need to sign up using the form below and one of our pastors will be in touch with you to discuss your decision and your faith walk to determine if you truly are ready. Once everything is confirmed, you’ll be baptized the next time you’re available to be present at one of our scheduled services!

When being baptized, you might be asked a few questions to verify in front of the church you have committed your life to follow Jesus. You will be told that you are being baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, followed by a prompt to cross your arms and hold your nose to prevent water from going in it, and will be fully submersed (leaned backward) into the water and then assisted back upright. You should bring dark shorts to wear for the baptism, plus a change of clothes to wear home. We will provide you with a Baptism t-shirt to commemorate the experience that you will get to keep as a gift in celebration of being raised to new life!

Scripture uses water as a symbol of God's salvation. In the prayer of thanksgiving over the water, we remember the biblical image of water from creation to the baptism of Jesus. We practice sprinkling, pouring, and immersion.

No. A baptism is a once-and-for-all-time act of God's grace. Since we believe God’s spirit is present in all Christian baptisms, we accept the baptism of other Christian traditions.

Infant baptism is the outward sign of the inward grace that begins God's work in the child before he or she can understand it or choose to accept it. Methodists call it prevenient grace. At infant baptism, parents and the church affirm this grace as they pledge to raise the child in faith until the child can accept God's grace, usually at the time of confirmation.

We see prevenient grace working in children when Jesus called them to come to him, for "it is to such as these that the kingdom of heaven belongs" (Matthew 19:14). Furthermore, entire households were baptized (Acts 16).

Infant baptism finds its roots in the Old Testament practice of circumcision. Just as Jewish parents took the circumcision vow on behalf of their children, so Christian parents do the same for their children through infant baptism. In both circumcision and baptism, there is an outward sign of an inward grace at work in the child.

No. Some parents desire to have their children baptized; others choose to wait until their children are older.