What is it?
Baptism is for those who have personally accepted Jesus as their Savior. At The Compass, we baptize children, young people and adults who acknowledge their faith in Christ and can share their testimony with us.
Believers are baptized because Jesus was and He asked us to follow His example in all things.
"When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too" (Luke 3:21).
I am interested in being baptized
At The Compass Church, we do baptisms twice a year. The first step in being baptized is to attend one of our baptism classes. Email Jennifer Sonnenschein | Director of Life Group & Adult Ministry for more information.
What is Baptism like? What if I have already been baptized?
The word "baptism" literally means to be immersed. Therefore, when Jesus was baptized He was put completely under the surface of the water from head to toe. So we do the same!
Going down into the water symbolizes us being dead in our sins. Think of it as a picture of Jesus being placed in the tomb after being sacrificed for our sins. Being brought back up from the water is a symbol of believers being made new in Christ - just as Christ was raised from the dead.
Romans 6:4 tells us, “We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.”
We believe baptism is for believers following your personal decision to receive Jesus as your Savior.
"Those who accepted his message were baptized, and about three thousand were added to their number that day" (Acts 2:41).
This verse teaches that you must accept the message of Jesus Christ first and then be baptized. Baptism does not make one a Christian, only faith in Christ can do that. Therefore, only believers should be baptized.
Sometimes people are baptized without a basic understanding of this truth. Others are baptized as result of their parents' choice and not their own, while some are baptized believing that this act will produce salvation.
In instances like these one should consider being baptized again with full knowledge of what the Bible teaches.
Contact Us
Jennifer Sonnenschein | Director of Life Group & Adult Ministry