Baptist pools

[Goodbook]

thinking about baptist churches, literally, is the point of difference all baptist churches have a pool where you can be baptised (fully immersed?)

Going to a non baptist church, I do wonder where there pool is. It seems other churches dont really have them or only like a tiny basin for sprinkling.

Also, do you ever do foot washing in your church?

 

[98cwitr]

Instead of foot washing, we have done hand washings before.

Baptists do believe in full submersion, hence the pool. Other denominations do not adhere to that tradition.

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Many baptismals (pools) are concealed on or behind the stage. Baptists are not the only ones who adhere to full submersion, though they may be the only ones who strictly adhere to it. I grew up in an Assemblies of God church, where I was baptized by immersion at the age of four in a baptismal that was only made visible during baptisms, otherwise being hidden by two sliding doors resembling sections of the wall.

 

[Dante116]

Usually under the stage in front of the pulpit.

 

[Goodbook]

The baptist churches I've been to had their pools under the pulpit. They are covered up when not in use.

Although I think they ought to be made more visible. Like, I don't know..just have a water feature or spa lol. But I suppose maintanence costs.

 

[Goodbook]

Other churches I've heard go to a river or have it somewhere else. I've not seen any adult baptism in presy churches either, and I was attending for about 2 years. They did have one infant sprinkling, and it was just a little bit of water on the forehead.

 

[JacquelineDeane]

The baptist churches I've been to had their pools under the pulpit. They are covered up when not in use.

I have never heard of or seen this before. Every Baptist church I have ever gone into had their baptismal pool behind the stage where the choir sings.

 

[Goodbook]

its sort of in front under the pulpit, or I would say, before it. Its kind of built in and is covered when not in use so it's part of the floor.

You can walk on top of it. I guess you could call it a 'stage' but I call it a pulpit. My baptist church is about 60 years old its not one of those really really old ones with the traditional architecture.

 

[mikedsjr]

The church I used to go to had a pool to the side. From the back stage you went into a room where you stepped down into the water then wadded around the pool hallway into the front baptismal, which was level with the front row. All the others were behind the choir.

 

[classicalhero]

Little bit of water is fine

You need more than a bit of water to be baptised, since the word means "to immerse". My Church has one behind the pulpit and is normally empty until someone is going to get baptised.

 

[Darkhorse]

Adult baptism in the Presbyterian church is done by sprinkling, just like with infants.

I have seen baptismal pools in Disciples of Christ churches also, and Mormon churches (yes, I know they aren't Christian).

 

[JM]

Adult baptism in the Presbyterian church is done by sprinkling, just like with infants.

I have seen baptismal pools in Disciples of Christ churches also, and Mormon churches (yes, I know they aren't Christian).

Or pouring.

 

[JM]

And now we have 3 levels of legalism. Perhaps the longer the immersee holds thier breath, the better they get saved. I can hold my breath for 2 minutes. Does that mean I get 200 pounds of gold in heaven?

Yes.

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

And now we have 3 levels of legalism. Perhaps the longer the immersee holds thier breath, the better they get saved. I can hold my breath for 2 minutes. Does that mean I get 200 pounds of gold in heaven?

No, but I'd like to make you try. In fact, I might push for four minutes and hold a revival afterward. You still wouldn't get the eternal reward, but the rest of us would enjoy baptizing you, repeatedly.

 

[JM]

I was just trying to say that Presbyterians also pour but since I was horribly misunderstood I had to be a wise guy. Haha

 

[nonaeroterraqueous]

I guess I'd better practice holding my breath for 4 minutes and work harder for my salvation. Works works works

If you had been compelled to take a shower or bath every day just for your own benefit, then I'm sure you would be just fine with it, but if you have to do it just once in your life for God it's just horrible legalism. It's lucky the internet doesn't permit me to find out I'm wrong about that first part.

 

[Goodbook]

Yea, dont people get baptised when they have a bath???

Ew..theres a reason why some people call the hoi polli multitudes 'the great unwashed'.

get thee to a baptistery.

 

[Goodbook]

Looks like we have presy guest on our baptist forum...

 

[classicalhero]

Can you rephrase that? Let's hope you agree that any mode of baptism at any age is from the bible. I'm just pointing out that immersion only isn't in the bible.

Yes it does matter who we are Baptised since it is a picture of Christ's death. He was in the grave for 3 days, not just had a bit of dirt sprinkled or poured on him, but he was fully immersed in the grave. Plus the Greek word we tranlate as "baptise" simply means "to immerse". You can't change the meaning of the Greek word. Every time we see someone being baptised in the Bible we see a big body of water to do that.

 

[Goodbook]

It means to dip.

Dipping is different from sprinkling.
Eg you dip your chips into dip. The act of dipping is a different from sprinkling.

Sprinkling would be like putting salt on your chips. Anyway... Baptist churches all have pools not sprinkler attachments and hoses.

I think it would be weird to be sprinkled as to me that doesnt represent being buried and thoroughly washed clean. It would be more like a rinse.

All the israelites knew what baptism meant. They had mikvah, and strict rules about it. It wasnt a shower..it was full immersion. They still have them in orthodox communities.