Baptism & Membership

When someone becomes a Christian at Wellington Baptist Church the next step is always Believers Baptism.

This is normally by total immersion in our baptismal pool in our worship centre.

For believer's baptism to take place a discussion needs to take place with our Pastor. We would not baptise a person who simply came into our buildings without first getting to know them and have them attend WBC for at least six months.

Whilst believers baptism biblically inducts a new Christian into the membership of the universal church which is holy and catholic - in common with all other Trinitarian Churches, this is only understood and experienced by a Christian being in membership of a local church.

Ideally, church membership would follow believers baptism and sometimes does. However, our experience is that often new Christians need time to think carefully what membership involves, because it is a serious and important decision.

Again, an application to become a church member at WBC would normally begin with a discussion with our Pastor.

If a person moves into the area, attends WBC and has previously been in membership at another church, it is our practice to make contact with the leadership of that church.

Part of the process of becoming a Church Member involves attendance at our Purpose Course.

The process for membership application is by necessity an important and thus involved one, and further information can be obtained from our Pastor our our Church Office.

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