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Methodist Baptism

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Anyone on here have their LO baptized in the Methodist church? How did you go about it? What were some of the steps you took? This is new to me, I have never been to a baptismal before.

Religious background:

We also don't attend church regularly, we have yet to find a church we are comfortable with and simply can't drive 25 mins every Sunday to any familiar churches in our hometown. I attended a baptist church many Sundays out of the month with my grandparents up until i was around 13. Or I went with my friend's family to their Catholic church. I have never been baptized but always wished I had been. FI was as a Methodist. His family all is, mine has some baptist. some catholic, some Methodist... but none of them aside form his grandma attends church regularly anymore. And she is the biggest reason we are baptizing DD. It would mean the world to her, and no one is expecting her to be around much longer.

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  • Ms5586Ms5586 member
    From my experience, it can vary with the pastor as well.  My pastor prefers to "dedicate" infants, which basically accepts them into the church and asks the congregation to help the parents raise the child and follow God, and the child then makes the decision at an older age to be baptised.  However, he did baptise my son because it was what was important to me.  We don't belong to the church, but DH's grandma did, and we go about once a month when we're in town.  All the pastor asked was that we sit down with him to discuss the difference between dedication and baptism, make our decision, and pick the date.
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  • mben1119mben1119 member
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    FWIW, I disagree with baptizing to keep the peace with relatives.  Religious beliefs are very personal, and you can't take back a baptism if you later decide you wish you'd done things differently.  Not that my opinion should change anything for you.

    I agree as well. I think getting baptized is a personal decision, and if DS wants to when he is old enough to understand it, then it's his call. It isn't my decision to make for him. My mom had my brother and I baptized due to family pressure, and she regrets it. My youngest brother wasn't, and he hasn't decided to yet.

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  • CLL1001CLL1001 member

    DD was baptized at a methodist church. All we did was talk to our pastor about it. We scheduled the date and he came over our house to talk to us about baptism to make sure we understood what it is. It probably depends on the pastor but ours requires that people attend the church regularly for a certain amount of time before he will do a baptism (I'm not sure how long because we already attend the church every Sunday).

    I agree with PP about only baptizing for a family member. Also not trying to change your mind but IMO you should be sure it's what you and your baby's father really want to do. And in the methodist church (in my church anyway) during the service the congregation takes a vow to help the parents, as a church family, in raising the child to know God - which is something to not be taken lightly IMO.

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  • manbearpig31610manbearpig31610
    My family is Methodist. I was raised Methodist and my family is in church every Sunday. So, when we wanted DD2 baptised we just told our pastor, picked a date and i was done. Also, my DH and DD1 were baptised together a couple years ago. That was really cool. So, if that's something you're interested in it's awesome to do it together. If it's not something you believe in don't do it- for you or DC.
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