Baptists

[R.J.S]

Are there any baptists who practice infant baptism?

[MikeMcK]

Are there any baptists who practice infant baptism?

Not to my knowledge.

Are you familiar with the Baptist Distinctives?

[ZiSunka]

None that I ever heard of. Why do you ask?

[Maeyken]

I can't imagine any who would. it's sort of a defining characteristic of Baptists to practice believer's baptism...

[bleechers]

I think that the history of the Baptists would scream against it. Since Baptists do not even like the word "Protestant" (and were persecuted by the Reformers over the very issue of baptism) it would be an historical oddityfor Baptists anywhere to adopt infant baptism.

Anyway... I hope there aren't any doing this...

[R.J.S]

None that I ever heard of. Why do you ask?

Well if you are Reformed then you practice infant baptism and if you are a Baptist you practice 'belivers baptism'. So I was wondering if a Reformed Baptist did both. :)

[DawnTillery]

I think, that Catholics and Lutherans lean more towards the baptism of infants.
Not sure who else does?

[Diane_Windsor]

Well if you are Reformed then you practice infant baptism and if you are a Baptist you practice 'belivers baptism'. So I was wondering if a Reformed Baptist did both. :)

They don't. There are tons of articles on credobaptism and paedobaptism here (http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/babtism.html)-some are from the Reformed perspective I believe.

Diane
:wave:

[R.J.S]

They don't.

Who dont do what?

[aReformedPatriot]

Well if you are Reformed then you practice infant baptism and if you are a Baptist you practice 'belivers baptism'. So I was wondering if a Reformed Baptist did both.

The Majority of the leadership at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary are 'reformed' and they condemn infant baptism. I have never heard of this before.

[R.J.S]

The Majority of the leadership at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary are 'reformed' and they condemn infant baptism. I have never heard of this before.

They are reformed baptists...the Reformed churches which come from Calvin's teachings are paedobaptists. :)

[Diane_Windsor]

Who dont do what?

Baptists do NOT practice infant baptism.

Diane

[ZiSunka]

They are reformed baptists...the Reformed churches which come from Calvin's teachings are paedobaptists. :)

So? What does Calvin's Reformed church have to do with Reformed baptists? They are two very different churches.

[MrJim]

They are reformed baptists...the Reformed churches which come from Calvin's teachings are paedobaptists. :)

I worshipped with Reformed Baptists and they didn't baptize babies. This congregation didn't even want to really baptize children, rather waiting until they were in their teen years to baptize.

It is an awkward denomination. They are more like presbyterians that don't practice paedobaptism than anything. So they don't really fit in with Baptists because of their hardcore reformed theology but don't really fit in with the traditional presbyterian/reformed because though they are "hardcore" calvinists they don't go all the way in accepting infant baptism.