{"id":90118,"date":"2021-05-19T13:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T13:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.center\/chrysalis\/?page_id=238868"},"modified":"2023-03-23T08:20:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T08:20:21","slug":"beliefs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/?page_id=90118","title":{"rendered":"Core Values"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0 et_pb_equal_columns et_pb_gutters1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_3_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1>What We Believe<\/h1>\n<p><span>Our mission is to model the life of Christ to our community.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_column_1_4 et_d4_element et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_sidebar_0 contextual-menu et_pb_widget_area clearfix et_pb_widget_area_left et_pb_bg_layout_dark\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_0 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Our Mission<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The mission of FBC Warm Springs is to model the Life of<br \/>Jesus Christ to our Community<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_divider et_pb_divider_1 et_pb_divider_position_center et_pb_space\"><div class=\"et_pb_divider_internal\"><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2 et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_2  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Core Values<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_3  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\">Each Sunday at the end of our worship service we commit ourselves to:<br \/>\u2022 Worship Faithfully,<br \/>\u2022 Study Seriously,<br \/>\u2022 Serve Eagerly,<br \/>\u2022 Care Deeply<br \/>\u2022 Give Generously, and to<br \/>\u2022 Live Worthy of the Name, Christian.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_button_module_wrapper et_pb_button_0_wrapper et_pb_button_alignment_center et_pb_module \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"et_pb_button et_d4_element et_pb_button_0 et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_block_module\" href=\"\" data-icon=\"E\">Welcome Page<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_2 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1238\" height=\"870\" src=\"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BelieveLogo.jpg\" alt=\"Warm Springs Church Warm Springs GA\" title=\"BelieveLogo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BelieveLogo.jpg 1238w, https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BelieveLogo-980x689.jpg 980w, https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BelieveLogo-480x337.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1238px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-100401\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_3 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_4  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Our Beliefs<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_code et_pb_code_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_code_inner\"><script>\n(function($) {\n    $(document).ready(function(){\n        $('.et-readmore-toggle .et_pb_toggle_title').on('click', function(e) {\n            if ($(e.target).closest('.et-readmore-toggle').hasClass('et_pb_toggle_open')) {\n                $(this).text('Show More');\n            } else {\n                $(this).text('Show Less');\n            }\n        });\n    });\n})(jQuery);\n<\/script><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_4 et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_6  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_5  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Historic Roots<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_6  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>While we are proud of our historic Baptist roots, we never place denominational loyalties above our primary call and mission to be the visible presence of the risen Christ in our community and support the ministry of other Christians in other places. We have a primary identity as Christians. Our secondary identity as<br \/>Baptist Christians defines how we live out our Christian faith.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_7  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_7  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Our Primary Identity as Christians<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_8  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><strong>The Apostles Creed<\/strong><br \/>The word \u2018creed\u2019 comes from the Latin word credo, meaning \u2018I believe and trust\u2019. The Apostles\u2019 Creed, though not written by the apostles, is the oldest creed of the Christian church. In its oldest form, the Apostles\u2019 Creed goes back to at least 140 A.D. Baptist Christians have an aversion to creeds believing it could violate the freedom of the individual conscience. Baptists have long been averse to creeds,...<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_0 et-readmore-toggle et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Show More<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>claiming we need \"no creed but the Bible.\"<br \/>In spite of that, at the first meeting of the Baptist World Alliance in 1905, a well known Baptist Pastor, Alexander<br \/>Maclaren called for members of the BWA's first congress to rise and confess the Apostles' Creed \"not as a piece of coercion or discipline, but as a simple acknowledgment of where we stand and what we believe.\"<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Pastor Bob preached a series of sermons in the spring of 2021 on the Apostles Creed. The church began reciting the creed in worship. Bob said \"no one can say they completely understand every word of the creed. It is a summary of what the Church has taught and what Christians together believe, rather than a detailed statement of individual and personal belief.\"<br \/><strong>The Apostles Creed as confessed by the First Baptist Church of Warm Springs, GA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We believe in God, the Father Almighty, creator of heaven and earth.<br \/>We believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he descended to the dead. On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven, is seated at the right hand of the Father, and will come again to judge the living and the dead.<br \/>We believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection, and life everlasting.<br \/>Amen.<br \/><strong>In Our Community<\/strong><br \/>We affirm and celebrate our unity with the worldwide and local Body of Christ, in all its ecumenical diversity and form. We have long been part of the local ecumenical Meriwether Ministerial Alliance. Pastors and churches from most of the churches in our community participate. We host the monthly breakfast meetings.<br \/>We collaborate to advance the kingdom of God in our<br \/>community working toward the ideal Jesus prayed for in the John Chapter 17, that his followers would be one.<\/p>\n<p>We participate in the community Thanksgiving service, the night of worship and the Easter Sunrise service.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_8  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_9  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Our Secondary Identity as Baptists<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_10  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>We were the first church in our community. From our founding we have embraced the name Baptist. The church history tab has more information about our heritage. Keeping the name Baptist is our way of practicing truth in advertising. However, given the diversity in Baptist life that is not enough to define what kind of Baptist church family we are. Much bad publicity has been generated by state...<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_1 et-readmore-toggle et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Show More<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p>and national Baptist denominations. Regrettably, much of it is true. While we started as a Baptist church with strong ties to Mercer University, The Georgia and Southern Baptist conventions, we are not affiliated with any denomination or institution. Today, we support missions through both the National and Georgia Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and provide protection and retirement benefits for our professional staff through the CBF Church Benefits Board. We also support a couple who serve at Tennessee Tech as Campus ministers through the Alpha Chi organization.<br \/>General Baptist Principles that inform our church identity<br \/>Dr. Walter \u2018Buddy\u2019 Shurden a retired professor at Mercer<br \/>University eloquently identified [in his book, \"Four Fragile<br \/>Freedoms\"] four basic identity beliefs that set Baptists apart from other Christians. We do not believe Baptists are the only ones that practice these beliefs but we do believe taken together they are historically accurate descriptions of our Baptist faith. Given the wide diversity of Baptist practice these four bedrock principles fairly state foundational beliefs of most Baptist fellowships.<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Soul Freedom<\/strong><br \/>Soul freedom describes our belief that each human being is<br \/>created in the image of God. No one can be coerced to believe. God\u2019s grace calls us to respond to the offer of salvation. Historically, Baptists have referred to this freedom as The Priesthood of All Believers. Freedom means some accept while others reject God\u2019s offer of grace.<br \/><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bible Freedom<\/strong><br \/>We believe the Bible, under the Lordship of Christ, is central<br \/>to the life of the individual and the church. We affirm the freedom, right, and obligation of every Christian to interpret and apply Scripture under the leadership of the Holy Spirit. We also affirm that God calls in a massed choir not solo voice, so the wisdom and counsel of the larger local congregation should inform individual believers as they seek to interpret Scripture.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Church Freedom<\/strong><br \/>Church freedom is the principle belief that each local church<br \/>has the freedom and responsibility to interpret scripture, select its own leaders, to plan their worship, their ministry and make its own decisions in all matters related to church governance. We also believe that individual churches should work together to achieve goals that one church by itself could not reach. We practice our belief that men and women are equal partners in the leadership of the church body. We have had female deacons since 2000, and female staff members since 1987. Both men and women lead worship and preach.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Religious Freedom<\/strong><br \/>Religious freedom is the principle belief that every individual<br \/>has the right to freedom of religion, freedom for religion, and even freedom from religion. The separation of church and state affords an important constitutional protection of that freedom.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_5 et_pb_equal_columns  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_9  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_11  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h2>Baptism<\/h2><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_12  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>The name Baptist is usually connected to baptism by immersion.\u00a0 That is you are dipped under the water.\u00a0 Other Christian denominations practice Baptism by different modes.\u00a0 Some sprinkle while others pour water over the person to be baptized. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The word \"baptize\" literally means \"to dip under water.\" The Greek word \"baptizo\" means \"to immerse or dip under water.\" Many examples of the use of the word in extra biblical Greek exist where the meaning is clearly to dip, plunge or immerse.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_toggle et_pb_toggle_2 et-readmore-toggle et_pb_toggle_item  et_pb_toggle_close\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"et_pb_toggle_title\">Show More<\/h6>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_toggle_content clearfix\"><p><span>The King James translation chose not to translate the word but to transliterate the word. That means the KJV translators spelled the word in English like it sounds in Greek rather than translate it to its English equivalent.\u00a0 Other words that were transliterated are: Amen which means truly; apostle which means someone who is sent; angel which means someone who is a messenger; sometimes human and sometimes nonhuman; blaspheme which means to speak evil of or revile; Satan which means one who opposes; and of course baptism which means to dip, plunge or immerse. This has in no small part led to the confusion about baptism in the New Testament.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Baptists as an identifiable group didn\u2019t emerge until the winter of 1608 - 1609.\u00a0 A group of English separatist [called that because they believed the church of England could not be purified as the Puritans believed] fled to Holland where they could worship as they believed God intended.\u00a0 As their theology developed, they were influenced by Mennonites and became convinced that baptism by immersion was the New Testament form of baptism.\u00a0 The first Baptist church in history was formed in Amsterdam.\u00a0 Later they returned to England and established the first Baptist church on English soil at Spitalfield in 1611.\u00a0 It is now a suburb in the east end London Borough of Tower Hamlets<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>We believe the expectation for Baptism is that you have made a commitment to follow Jesus.\u00a0 Baptism should come after an individual makes a commitment to follow Christ.\u00a0 The following frequently asked questions and scripture references that may be helpful to you:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1. Why be baptized?<\/b><br \/><span>Jesus was baptized by John the Baptizer [John the Baptist is not the correct name for Jesus\u2019 cousin], so by being baptized, you're following his example.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhen all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. . . \u201c Luke 3:21 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2. Did Jesus command baptism?<\/b><br \/><span>Yes, Jesus commanded that his followers be baptized.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing 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.\u201dMatthew 28:19-20 NIV<\/span><br \/><b><br \/>3. Must Baptism be in public?<\/b><br \/><span>Baptism is your public declaration of faith in Jesus.\u00a0 This faith should be the reason for baptism.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\"Crispus, the synagogue leader, and his entire household believed in the Lord; and many of the Corinthians who heard Paul believed and were baptized. Acts 18:8 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>4. Must I be baptized in order to be in right relationship with God?<\/b><br \/><span>We do not believe baptism conveys any grace or power to the one being baptized. The pastor baptizes on behalf of the church family.\u00a0 The pastor has no special power or authority that conveys any grace.\u00a0 It is a powerful symbol.\u00a0 But it is a symbol, baptism does not redeem you in the eyes of God.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c . . . and this water symbolizes baptism that now saves you also\u2014not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ . . .\u201d 1 Peter 3:21 NIV<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>5. What is the Meaning of Baptism? \u00a0<\/b><br \/><span>Baptism symbolizes the death and resurrection of Christ.\u00a0 The pastor will say as you are lowered into the water, \u2018buried with Christ in Baptism, raised to walk in newness of life.\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201c . . .having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. Colossians 2:12<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>6. When do you baptize believers? \u00a0<\/b><br \/><span>After you talk with the Pastor, your baptism will be scheduled as part of the Sunday worship service.\u00a0 The pastor will explain where to go on that day to change into a baptismal robe. A deacon of the same gender will help you select a robe and show you the changing area.\u00a0 The Baptism is usually a few minutes into the service.\u00a0 The pastor will answer any questions you have about the act of baptism.\u00a0 If you are disabled, we will make arrangements for Baptism in a swimming pool.<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_10  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_11  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_column_empty\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100276,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<!-- wp:divi\/placeholder \/-->","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-90118","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=90118"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100421,"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90118\/revisions\/100421"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/100276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/warmspringschurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=90118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}