Quotes About Baptisms

The Brethren? Whatever for? Do they wash a lot? Baptisms, wet clothes, that sort of thing?' 'Of course not. It was a museum piece; they took it off to sell it. They're very keen on money. I think they're dishonest, too.

In Italy, everybody buys silver for every special occasion. Baptisms, weddings, you get silver.

The Lord will bless us with more baptisms if you make sure the ones you have are going to keep their commitments. The Lord will not prepare more people for baptism if we are not converting the ones we have.

We never quite learned to part, -We wander slowly side by side. Outside it's starting to get dark, I'm silent, - you're preoccupied. We'll enter a church and we'll see Baptisms, marriages, mass. A minute later, we'll leave… Why is everything different with us? Or we'll sit on the trampled snow In a dark cemetery and sigh, With a stick in your hand, you'll draw A palace for just you and I.

That's the dirty little secret of Mormon growth. Lots of baptisms don't necessarily translate into long-term membership.

Moving On to Deeper Truth 1Now is the time for us to progress beyond the basic message of Christa and advance into perfection. The foundation has already been laid for us to build upon: turning away from our dead worksb to embrace faith in God, teaching about different baptisms,c impartation by the laying on of hands,d resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. 3So with God's enablemente we will move on to deeper truths.

In a US context, authors Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird note, Among established Southern Baptist churches, for example, there are 3.4 baptisms per one hundred resident members, but their new churches average 11.7. That's more than three times more! Other denominations offer similar numbers. It's not hard to conclude that the launching of more new churches will lead more people to Christ.