The Debate Between Believers' Baptism and Infant Baptism
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The Debate Between Believers' Baptism and Infant Baptism by Robert Alan King is a booklet with over 5,300 words. In this study, King examines, discusses and contrasts the arguments for believers' baptism versus those for infant baptism. After having done so, he demonstrates why he believes that believers' baptism is the correct biblical position. Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel.
Robert Alan King
Robert Alan King is an ordained minister through Calvary Chapel who has written numerous theological and inspirational articles for a variety of publications, including Advocate, The Church Herald & Holiness Banner, Companions, The Priest, Proclaim, Pulpit Helps, Vista, War Cry, and Decision Magazine. He also has authored numerous printed books and dozens of eBooks.King has a Master of Arts Degree Sum Cum Laude in Psychology from Touro University Worldwide with an 4.0 institutional GPA, a Bachelor of Science Degree Cum Laude in Bible and Theology from Lee University with an 4.0 institutional GPA, and an Associate of Arts Degree with an emphasis in Science from Coastline Community College. He has a total of at least 256 units of education from universities, seminaries or colleges. This includes at least 130 units of Bible and theology related classes from Lee University, Calvary Chapel Bible College, and Chafer Theological Seminary.
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The Debate Between Believers' Baptism and Infant Baptism - Robert Alan King
The Debate Between Believers' Baptism and Infant Baptism
By Robert Alan King
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Believers' Baptism
Infant Baptism
The Most Probable Position
Conclusion
Footnotes
Bibliography
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Introduction
The water baptism of believers has been in practice within the Christian church since the Day of Pentecost. However, many have argued over the centuries that infants were baptized as well. Though Christians disagree on whether or not infant baptism did in fact take place, there is a general consensus that by the fifth century at the latest infant baptism was embraced by most of the church. After the Reformation in the 16th century, some Christians then began to reject infant baptism in favor of only believers' baptism. Today, those who believe in the practice of infant baptism are in the minority. In this book, I will examine, discuss and contrast the arguments for believers' baptism versus those for infant baptism. After having done so, I will demonstrate that only believers' baptism is the correct biblical position.
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Believers' Baptism
Believers' baptism, also known as credobaptism, is understood as a baptism that takes place after one professes faith in Christ, most often by immersion. For credobaptists, baptism is merely a sign of the new covenant in Christ and a seal of faith corresponding to a conversion from a life of sin to faith in Christ's atoning work on the cross that has already taken place in the life of a believer.¹ Anabaptists in the 16th century strictly embraced believers' baptism, even rebaptizing those who had been baptized as children because they felt baptism should only be administered to those that profess their own faith in Christ for the cleansing of their sins after