Believer's Baptism

The second form of baptism that is performed by the church is believer’s baptism. It is clearly illustrated throughout the New Testament that people were baptized after they professed a belief in Christ. This is illustrated most vividly in Acts 8, when the Ethiopian eunuch asked Philip to baptize him after he put his faith in Christ. Though believer’s baptism is given as a sign of conversion it is by no means a means of salvation. The only way to be saved is by trusting in what Christ has done for us on the cross. This is illustrated for us as we look at the thief on the cross. Here Christ tells the thief that today he will be with Him in paradise, but the thief dies and never has a chance to be baptized. Believer’s baptism is also mentioned repeatedly throughout the writings of the early church fathers. Nearly every church father agreed on believer’s baptism.

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