Baptize = Immerse?

Baptize = Immerse?

One of the known risks of becoming reformed is that you sometimes have to re-examine some of your long held beliefs about what the Bible actually teaches. This is certainly the case when it comes to the mode of baptism. Most Americans equate baptism with immersion, so...
Is my child ready for communion?

Is my child ready for communion?

One of the responsibilities of sessions is determining whether a non-communing child is now ready to receive the Lord’s Supper. Over the years, it has become the custom in many Reformed churches, even Old School Presbyterian ones, to assume that member children will...
Household Baptism: Resources

Household Baptism: Resources

Good and godly men disagree over this question: To whom is the sacrament of baptism properly administered? Those who hold to the credo-baptist position (i.e., only repentant adults may be baptized) defend their position in a relatively simple manner by pointing to...
The Elements of Communion

The Elements of Communion

While all true churches administer the sacrament of communion, there is also much diversity when it comes to the elements. We want you to know what to expect in our church and why. Unleavened Bread? We readily grant the fact that the Lord’s Supper was instituted...

Infant Baptism – A Duty of God’s People

As Christians we all ought to be concerned to do all those things which God has commanded us and to avoid those things God has forbidden. This should be true in every endeavor of life (1 Cor. 10:31; Matt. 4:4), thus it should obviously be true in our formal worship of...
Household Baptism Debate

Household Baptism Debate

James White (Pastor of a Reformed Baptist church in Phoenix, AZ and the director of Alpha Omega Ministries) debates Bill Shishko (Pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Franklin Square, NY) on the subject of Household Baptism. Baptism: Debate Session 1 Baptism:...