Kept in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the first denomination in the United States founded by Black people. Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.
Kept in the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.
Kept across the provinces of the Anglican Communion. The baptismal covenant is the framework of the catechism and of the renewal of vows at Easter.
The baptismal covenant is the framework of the catechism and of the renewal of vows at Easter.
Kept in the Armenian Apostolic Church. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in infancy, as in the Byzantine churches.
Baptism is a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, and the Confession teaches that its efficacy is not tied to the moment it is administered.
Kept in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.
Kept in the Church of Cyprus, autocephalous since the Council of Ephesus in 431. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Church of England, the province from which the Prayer Book tradition comes. The baptismal covenant is the framework of the catechism and of the renewal of vows at Easter.
Kept in the Church of Greece. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Church of Ireland. The baptismal covenant is the framework of the catechism and of the renewal of vows at Easter.
Kept in the Church of Scotland, the established Presbyterian church of that country. Baptism is a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, and the Confession teaches that its efficacy is not tied to the moment it is administered.
Kept in the Church of Sweden, which retained the historic episcopate through the Reformation as few Lutheran churches did. Luther's instruction to remember one's baptism daily, drowning the old self and rising again, is the central Lutheran account of the Christian life.
Kept in the Church of the Nazarene, which stands in the Wesleyan holiness line. Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.
Kept in the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in infancy, as in the Byzantine churches.
Kept in the Dutch Reformed tradition, which holds the Heidelberg Catechism among its confessional standards. Baptism is a sign and seal of the covenant of grace, and the Confession teaches that its efficacy is not tied to the moment it is administered.
Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, the see of first honour among the Orthodox churches. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in infancy, as in the Byzantine churches.
Kept in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in infancy, as in the Byzantine churches.
Kept in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Luther's instruction to remember one's baptism daily, drowning the old self and rising again, is the central Lutheran account of the Christian life.
Kept in the Free Methodist Church. Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.
Kept in the Georgian Orthodox Church, which has used its own language and script in worship since the fifth century. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Global Methodist Church, formed in 2022. Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.
Kept in the Greek Orthodox churches. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Luther's instruction to remember one's baptism daily, drowning the old self and rising again, is the central Lutheran account of the Christian life.
Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.
Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in infancy, as in the Byzantine churches.
Baptism admits the child to the visible church and lays on the parents and the congregation the duty of bringing the child up in it.
Baptism is held to mark the soul with an indelible character and to found the whole Christian life, so that living the baptismal promises is the ordinary form of discipleship.
Kept in the Romanian Orthodox Church, the one Orthodox church of the Byzantine tradition whose language is Romance. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Russian Orthodox Church, in the Slavonic recension of the Byzantine books. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Serbian Orthodox Church. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Episcopal Church, whose own Prayer Book descends from the Scottish rather than the English line. The baptismal covenant is the framework of the catechism and of the renewal of vows at Easter.
Kept in the United Methodist Church. Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.
Kept in the Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Baptism, chrismation and first communion are given together in one rite, so the baptismal life begins in infancy and is not deferred to an age of discretion.
Kept in the Wesleyan Church. Baptism is understood as the sign of the new covenant and the beginning of a life of grace to be grown into, not a moment complete in itself.