Baptism is a public sign that a Christian has been brought from death to life. This volume in the 9Marks Church Questions series unpacks Scripture’s teaching on the necessity of baptism for the life and growth of the local church body.
Baptism is a public sign that a Christian has been brought from death to life. This volume in the 9Marks Church Questions series unpacks Scripture’s teaching on the necessity of baptism for the life and growth of the local church body.
“I eagerly commend this series.”
—R. Albert Mohler Jr., President, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
After his resurrection, Jesus commanded his disciples to go and “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them” (Matthew 28:19). In this booklet, pastor Bobby Jamieson unpacks Scripture’s teaching on the importance of baptism in the local church, responding to seven reasons people often give for not being baptized.
Bobby Jamieson (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the senior pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He is the author of several books, including Everything Is Never Enough: Ecclesiastes’ Surprising Path to Resilient Happiness, and coauthor of Biblical Reasoning: Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis. Jamieson and his wife have four children.
Many new believers have questions about what it means to live as a Christian in the context of a local church, and pastors are looking for resources to pass along to their congregations to help them think biblically about the Christian life. 9Marks Church Questions is a new series that seeks to provide ordinary Christians with sound and accessible biblical teaching by answering common questions Christians have about church life. Each volume offers biblical answers and practical applications with the goal of nurturing healthy church practice and commitment. This booklet unpacks Scripture's teaching on the importance of baptism in the local church by responding to 7 reasons that baptism is often neglected as well as answering 3 common questions about baptism.
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