Baptism

Baptism is by immersion

1.      John 3:23. John was there because there was “much water there”.

2.      Mark 1:10. Jesus Christ came “up out of the water”.

3.      Acts 8:39. The Ethiopian Eunuch came “up out of the water”.

4.      Romans 6:4. We are buried and raised up in baptism.

How are people baptized?

Based on the provided scriptural texts from the King James Version of the Bible, the practice of baptism involves several descriptive actions, conditions, and declarations:

 * **Location and Elements:** Baptism is performed with water, often utilizing natural bodies of water such as the river of Jordan. Accounts describe both the person being baptized and the person administering it entering the water; for example, when Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch, they *"went down both into the water"* and subsequently *"came up out of the water"*. Similarly, when Jesus was baptized, he *"went up straightway out of the water"*.

 * **Prerequisites of Faith and Repentance:** Individuals are called to *"Repent, and be baptized"* as well as confess their sins. When the Ethiopian eunuch asked what hindered him from being baptized, Philip replied, *"If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest,"* leading the eunuch to declare, *"I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God"* before his baptism.

 * **The Name/Declaration:** The scriptures record that individuals are baptized into specific names or formulas. Peter commands the people to be baptized *"in the name of Jesus Christ"*, and elsewhere it is recorded that believers were baptized *"in the name of the Lord Jesus"* or *"in the name of the Lord"*.