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Transcript 433C — Should I Be Rebaptised When Joining a New Church?
HC: Good evening. Welcome to Open Forum.
CALLER: Mr. Camping, I have a question regarding baptism. I'm in the process of changing churches, and the new church says that I have to be rebaptized. And I just wanted to get your views on this.
HC: The question is, if I go from one church to another and I've been previously baptized, should I be rebaptized?
Now it depends. There is some baptism which, in my judgment, is not Biblical baptism. For example, there are those who baptism infants under the theory that this cleanses them from the sin with which they are born. And that is foreign to the Bible. That is not taught in the Bible. And therefore, if a person was baptized that way, and then they did become a born again believer, I would recommend that they be rebaptized.
On the other hand, there are churches who baptize infants, and from everything I can read in the Bible, it would be a valid, Biblical baptism. And now they join a church that does not recognize infant baptism, and they want to rebaptize that person. Now in this case, rebaptism is not necessary. It's not required in the Bible. I don't suppose it would be sinful to be rebaptized, if you believe that in all other points that church is in accordance with the Word of God. Perhaps it would not be wrong to be rebaptized.
CALLER: Okay. Thank you so much.