Baptism

Benjamin Keach on Baptism and Christ's Descent: An Early Example of Baptist Catholicity

Benjamin Keach on Baptism and Christ's Descent: An Early Example of Baptist Catholicity

MATTHEW Y. EMERSON: Benjamin Keach’s view of baptism is orthodox, Reformed, and radical, and it is an example of how Baptists can pursue catholicity without surrendering their distinctives.

EBC Manifesto, Article IX: Means of Grace

EBC Manifesto, Article IX: Means of Grace

MATTHEW Y. EMERSON AND R. LUCAS STAMPS: We affirm the two ordinances or sacraments instituted by Christ, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, and believe that they function as signs and seals of God’s grace, expressions of individual faith, and bonds of the church’s covenantal unity in Christ. As such, these ordinances are not empty signs or mere symbols but tangibly demonstrate our union with the risen Christ and with his body, the church. Other Christian practices, such as confession of sin, confirmation in the faith, the ordination of church officers, Christian marriage, and the prayerful anointing of the sick may also frame a life of Christian faithfulness, but should not be considered sacraments.