Can only Pastor's or every believers have the right to give water baptism to other
This is a hard question to answer. Here, pastors are readily available, so a parent would have no problem finding a pastor to perform the baptism. If I had a child, I would take the child to one of these pastors. If no pastors were available, and if you were comfortable doing a baptism, you could do it, but I would feel more comfortable if, sooner or later, I could find a pastor to do it.Can only Pastor's or every believers have the right to give water baptism to other
Can only Pastor's or every believers have the right to give water baptism to other
I thought you were talking about your daughter, but I just read your other thread. I guess my answer remains the same, though.This is a hard question to answer. Here, pastors are readily available, so a parent would have no problem finding a pastor to perform the baptism. If I had a child, I would take the child to one of these pastors. If no pastors were available, and if you were comfortable doing a baptism, you could do it, but I would feel more comfortable if, sooner or later, I could find a pastor to do it.
I don't see a record of Philip being a Pastor in Acts 8, he was an evangelist.I would be interested to know why anyone would think that about Philip.
Philip the Apostle is the one being mentioned in Acts 8, right?I don't see a record of Philip being a Pastor in Acts 8, he was an evangelist.
He may have been a Pastor later, but not when he preached to the Ethiopian.
What makes you think he was a Pastor?
It's a symbolic action and any garden hose will do in a pinch.Can only Pastor's or every believers have the right to give water baptism to other
1 in 9 people world wide do not have access to safe and clean drinking water.
Philip was active in evangelistic work, but he is identified as a deacon in the NT, which makes him a clergyman (in our terminology). I realize that some people mean, when they say pastor, the head minister in a congregation, but it is normally used as a synonym for an ordained minister, including deacons.I don't see a record of Philip being a Pastor in Acts 8, he was an evangelist.
He may have been a Pastor later, but not when he preached to the Ethiopian.
What makes you think he was a Pastor?
Too many Philips and Marys.It is believed to be Philip the Evangelist, not Philip the Apostle.
Even if we set aside the evidence about Philip, unless you want to say that only Apostles, Pastors, Bishops and Deacons are the only ones who can disciple. Everybody who is commanded to disciple is commanded to baptize.Philip was active in evangelistic work, but he is identified as a deacon in the NT, which makes him a clergyman (in our terminology). I realize that some people mean, when they say pastor, the head minister in a congregation, but it is normally used as a synonym for an ordained minister, including deacons.
Lets straighten that out. Any minister is an appropriate baptizer--then as well as now. That includes all these with different titles.Even if we set aside the evidence about Philip, unless you want to say that only Apostles, Pastors, Bishops and Deacons are the only ones who can disciple. Everybody who is commanded to disciple is commanded to baptize.
When I read Scripture, I think, "Mary, Mary, Mary!" rather than "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!"Oh, don't get us started with...Marys!
Can only Pastor's or every believers have the right to give water baptism to other