baptism

We invite you to participate in believer's baptism, an opportunity to publicly identify yourself with Jesus in his death and resurrection. This is a sacred and beautiful opportunity to declare, "I believe the best possible way to live is the way of Jesus, and I am committed to following Christ—daily dying to myself and allowing the resurrected Christ to live in and through me."

Here are a few thoughts about baptism.

BAPTISM IS A SYMBOL.
Like a wedding or engagement ring, baptism is an outward symbol of an inner commitment. It’s a symbol of cleansing
(Acts 3:19 & 1 John 1:7) as well as a symbol of burial and resurrection to new life (Romans 6:3-4, Colossians 2:12).

BAPTISM IS FOR FOLLOWERS OF JESUS.
“Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church – about three thousand in all.” Acts 2:41
“But when they believed Philip as he preached the Good News of the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ,
they were baptized, both men and women.” Acts 8:12

BAPTISM IS DONE BY IMMERSION at ECC.
The Greek word translated “baptism” in the Bible is baptizo, which literally means “to immerse, to dip, and to dunk”.
So, if someone asks the question, “Can a person be baptized without being immersed?” we would say that the very word itself holds the answser.

Baptism is not a means of salvation; rather it is a beautiful picture of our union with Christ and our declaring that we join him as the New Exodus people who are a living new creation now.