The Cincinnati Church

The Biblical Mode of Baptism
I.
This study is an answer to a challenge by a Pedobaptist preacher (Pastor Jon Smith) who affirms
that the Bible does not teach immersion as the proper form of Christian baptism but rather
sprinkling or pouring. Other Pedobaptist arguments will also be considered and answered.
II.
Consider some evidence from definitions and usage.
A.
Baptize: (etym.) “to immerse, bathe, wash, drench,’ in Christian use appropriated to the
religious rite, ....to dip, plunge, bathe.” (O.E.D.)
B.