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Why baptism
Christian baptism is a religious rite of initiation that uses water—by immersion, pouring, or sprinkling—to symbolize purification, forgiveness of sins, and a person's union with the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It serves as a public declaration of faith and a commitment to follow Jesus.
Spiritual Cleansing: Water represents the washing away of past sins and a spiritual rebirth.
Union with Christ: Being submerged in or washed with water represents "dying" to an old way of life and "rising" to new life in Christ.
Public Declaration: It is an outward expression of an inward change, marking the believer's entrance into the global Christian church.
Obedience: Christians practice it in obedience to Jesus’s final command to his disciples to baptize followers in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
