WHAT IS THE LESSON

ABOUT?

•Learning about the main features of a

Christian ceremony of believer’s

baptism.

•Understanding about the importance of

the ceremony for some Christians today.

•Understanding how it can influence

their identity and belonging to

Christianity and the commitment

involved.

•To know the differences & similarities

between an infant baptism & believers

baptism.

What?Who?

Where?When?Why?

WHAT ARE THE 5 ‘W’S

Cleo resource: Baptism by Immersion

What?Where?

Who? When?

Why?

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In the early Baptism churches they did not have a Baptism pool. Baptisms took place in the open air in rivers streams and any time of the year!

Baptism Fact

Cleo resource: Baptism by Immersion

Internet site, Cumbria & Lancashire Education authority

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Who?

Family & friends

Minister

Congregation

[Other members of the church]

What?Where?

Who? When?

Why?

•Believer

•Minister

•Congregation

•Family & friends

•When thy choose to be committed to God

•Adults or adolescence who are older enough to understand the importance of baptism

•It is an acknowledgement of being able to understand what you are doing

•It is a public declaration of personal faith & commitment

•Why Water ? It symbolises the end of sin/lifted out of water-rising to new life

•In a Baptist church

•Baptism pool or river etc

•The ceremony is always performed in the presence of the congregation

•Usually before baptism believers will be taught the meanings of the ceremony & importance of living as a Christian

•Believers usually give their own spoken testimony, or answers to questions

•Believer is immersed/submerged in the water

What is the difference between infant and adult baptism in Christianity? [4]

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Infant

Baptism

Believers Baptism

Infant Baptism

Adult Baptism

Similarities

Differences

Infant Baptism

•Parents choose to have the baptism.

•Usually a name is announced at the ceremony

•Godparents are appointed

•Promises are made by parents & God-parents about the child

•It is expected that there will be a confirmation service in the future.

•Water is sprinkled, or poured over the child’s head.

Adult Baptism

•The person chooses for themselves.

•The person will already have a name.

•There are no Godparents.

•The person gives a testimony or answers questions about their faith.

•The baptism is a declaration of the persons choice of faith.

•In some denominations the baptism is by immersion.

•Both Rites of passages

•Ceremony

•Minister

•Water used representing purifying the soul

•Promises are made

•Both are about identity & belonging to Christianity

Making a decision is the key part of a believers’ baptism. Do you think you should make the important decisions in this life or are there times, when other people should make decisions for you?

Godparents are appointed

Parents choose

to have the baptism.

Usually a name is announced at the ceremony

Promises are made

by parents &

God-parents about

the child

It is expected that there

will be a confirmation

service in the future.

Water is sprinkled,

or poured over the

child’s head.

Both Rites of passages

Ceremony

Minister

Water used representing

purifying the soul

Promises are made

Both are about

identity & belonging to Christianity

The person chooses

for themselves.

The person will

already have a name.

There are no Godparents

The person gives a testimony or answers questions about their faith

The baptism is a

declaration of the

persons choice of faith.