Hey all,
I was raised Catholic and was baptized as an infant. When I became an adult, I tried out Mormonism, was baptized, and discovered it wasn’t for me and went back to Catholicism. However, my husband and I are now attending a non-denominational Christian church. Do I need to get baptized again? Thanks so much! God bless.
They may want you to get rebaptized. I would say don't, indeed I would hope and pray you do not.
As a baptized Christian there is never a need to be rebaptized. Baptism isn't something we do for God, it's not a work of righteousness we do in order to gain God's favor. It is God's own gracious work on our own lives, by which He has promised us new birth (John 3:5, Titus 3:5), union with Christ, His death and resurrection (Romans 6:3-12, Galatians 3:27, Colossians 2:12). We are the property of Jesus Christ our Lord by the gracious working of God in our lives, which He accomplishes through Word and Sacrament. Since you have been baptized, you are baptized.
Being baptized isn't simply a religious ritual, it is your identity in Jesus. You can boldly confess "I am baptized!" and by this know that you belong to God, that Christ is yours, that you are forgiven, and that you are a Christian. You don't need to look to this or that work, but can confidently trust in Jesus, your Lord and Savior, trusting in Him and Him alone.
Instead of being baptized a second time as though your Holy Baptism you received as an infant doesn't count, instead remember your baptism. For here God cleaved to you with Jesus Christ, adopted you as His child, and made you a member of His family. Come before the throne of grace, as a child of the Father, with the Holy Spirit in you confessing, "Abba! Father!" (Galatians 4:6).
Remember your baptism, trust in Jesus, believe His word. You are the beloved of God in Christ who gave His life for you.
-CryptoLutheran