Baptism and the Lords Supper

TheDag said:

I could be wrong but my understanding is generally the SA states what it believes is neccesary to be a christian and also what commitment soldiers must make but for everything else they say isn't neccesary for salvation so form your own view and they'll be happy with that as long as you can back up your belief using the bible

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Good answer 0h Daggy 0ne. Pretty much what I was thinking while reading through this thread.

Having come from a Baptist background I can safely say that even the Baptist churches can't agree on the significance of water baptism, so I think it better to leave it up to individuals to study the Bible and reach their own conclusions.

P.S. Good to see you on here Dag

And I would agree with elm0 and The Dag as well - I'm an old baptist girl (went to Baptist from pentecostal at around 12, though still went to pentecostal-based (tho they called themselves 'non-dom') school) as well, and our Baptist church did baptisms, but there was no belief that it was essential for salvation (that I heard anyway) - it was just something they suggested as a 'public declaration'.

Sasch

As the debate seems to still be ongoing (even at my wedding reception) I thought the thread was worth bumping