Baptism – More Than an Event As Baptists, there are several things that I believe we get right about Christian baptism. New Testament baptism was always for those who personally embraced the faith through belief and repentance. While I respect those traditions who baptize infants, I remain, and will always remain firmly convinced that believer’s baptism is the New Testament norm. Furthermore, immersion was the mode practiced by the New Testament and early church. In contrast to sprinkling or pouring, immersion is the most faithful to the original Greek word used in the Scriptures, baptiz ō - meaning “to dip.” Perhaps even more importantly, immersion is a richer symbol representing dying and rising with Christ. But as Baptists, we’ve also had our weaknesses in our baptismal theology – at least in practice. We’ve tended to consider Christian baptism as a necessary step of obedience (it is) and a public declaration of our faith (it i...