I have a question about policies concerning baptism in a WELS church. I've been asked to be a godparent to a child who is being baptized in a WELS church, and I would be honored to serve in that role. However, I attend an ELCA church and have never been a member of a WELS congregation. My understanding is that WELS has some restrictions about its members praying with people who are outside their denomination (please correct me if I'm wrong). The baptism is apparently not going to take place during congregational worship, but in a private ceremony. Is my participation going to be problematic?
The parents of the child have been non-practicing Christians for several years and neither of them have WELS backgrounds. (The birth of their first child has prompted them recently to seek out a church home.) That is to say, I doubt they themselves are especially familiar yet with WELS teaching on these points, and I hate to bring it up and worry them if it's not necessary. I guess I am assuming that the pastor would have given them guidance as needed, but it is troubling me nonetheless! Thanks for your thoughts.
The parents of the child have been non-practicing Christians for several years and neither of them have WELS backgrounds. (The birth of their first child has prompted them recently to seek out a church home.) That is to say, I doubt they themselves are especially familiar yet with WELS teaching on these points, and I hate to bring it up and worry them if it's not necessary. I guess I am assuming that the pastor would have given them guidance as needed, but it is troubling me nonetheless! Thanks for your thoughts.
