Can A Believer Baptise Anothre Believer

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I was born into a nominally Mormon family and baptized with the trinitarian formula at around eight years old. When I took instruction and joined a congregation of the LCMS I was re-baptized since the Mormons do not have a trinitarian faith.

 

[RedPonyDriver]

I had the honor and privilege of baptizing my husband in front of our church congregation. It was a wonderful day.

 

[jimmyjimmy]

Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them.

Jesus instructed the leaders of the church to baptize. Simply look who He instructed: the eleven.

 

[JoeP222w]

Can a believer that has been baptized themselves baptize another believer?

Yes, Philip baptized the Ethiopian eunuch.

 

[JoeP222w]

We, therefore believe that Baptism is necessary for salvation (but not totally necessary).

What on earth does that mean? That statement violates the law of Non-Contradiction. It can't be raining and not raining at the same time.

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"the forgiveness of sins is conveyed and salvation is imparted"

I see nothing in the Bible that supports that.

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"Therefore in times of emergency any Christian may baptize."

The Bible never defines or prescribes an "emergency" baptism.

 

[JoeP222w]

So let's say you do get baptized by another believer but you found a church and they can baptize you. Is it ok to be baptized twice once by a believer and once by a pastor?

Sorry for the silly questions folks!

Baptism has no supernatural effect. It simply a symbolic profession of faith in Jesus Christ.

A Pastor is a believer (at least he better be, or he has no business being a Pastor). There is no need or requirement to get baptized more than once, unless you were a false convert or unbeliever when you were first baptized. If that was the case, you first baptism was not a baptism at all, but merely getting wet.

 

[JoeP222w]

I had an interesting discussion with a Baptist pastor once about this issue. His contention was that one is baptized into a local church and when one changes churches one must be rebaptized into the new church. This helps explain the amazingly large number of baptisms performed by such denominations as the Southern Baptist Convention.

It should be noted that not all Baptists believe this. Nevertheless, I view it as a serious error on their part.

That is not a standard practice of Southern Baptist Convention that I am aware of, but that one specific Pastor you were speaking with, who appears to hold his tradition higher than the authority of the Bible.