Which churches carry out believer's baptisms?

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2026-08-08 02:35

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Most Christian churches perform baptism, as instituted by Our Lord at the end of Matthew's Gospel:

"Then Jesus came to them and said, All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."

Therefore the vast majority of Christian Churches baptise in this way, in the name of the Trinitarian God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Some denominations baptise both infants and adults (eg the Orthodox, Methodists, Roman Catholics and Anglicans) while some baptise only adults (eg Baptists).

There are some Christian denominations such as the Salvation Army and the Society of Friends (Quakers), who, despite being orthodox (small 'o') Christian denominations, shun all forms of sacrament, including baptism, but who instead have their own 'membership' rites that resemble baptism in the sense of being born again and committing one's life to Christ.

The group known as the Jehovah's Witnesses also practises baptism, but as this group shuns the Trinitarian godhead (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) and their baptism reflects this belief, their baptism is not recognised as valid by the rest of the Christian Church.

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