The Baptist Faith and Message
VII. Baptism and the Lord's Supper
Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water
in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. It
is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer's faith in a
crucified, buried, and risen Saviour, the believer's death
to sin, the burial of the old life, and the resurrection to
walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. It is a testimony
to his faith in the final resurrection of the dead. Being a
church ordinance, it is prerequisite to the privileges of
church membership and to the Lord's Supper.
The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience whereby
members of the church, through partaking of the bread and
the fruit of the vine, memorialize the death of the Redeemer
and anticipate His second coming.
Matt. 3:13-17; 26:26-30;
28:19-20; Mark
1:9-11; 14:22-26;
Luke 3:21-22; 22:19-20;
John 3:23; Acts
2:41-42; 8:35-39;
16:30-33; Acts
20:7; Rom. 6:3-5;
1 Cor. 10:16, 21;
11:23-29; Col.
2:12.
Reprinted from the Baptist Faith and Message Tract (Stock
Number 11-051). Published by the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist
Convention, Nashville, Tennessee:
Tract Editor
Baptist Sunday School Board
127 Ninth Avenue, North
Nashville, Tennessee 37203