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December 2024

The crucial question
Does scripture command that baptism be performed only by an administrator who has been authorized by a local church?
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Stephen duBarry
The appointment model of baptism
Some Baptists have held that the administration of baptism is an official act of a local church.
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Stephen duBarry
The ordination model of baptism
The statements of godly men are insufficient in themselves to establish doctrine. We must always ask, what saith the scripture?
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Stephen duBarry
The direct church action model of baptism
These special requirements did not arise from the text of scripture—they arose from the mind of a man.
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Stephen duBarry

November 2024

Is baptism the act of a local church?
The question is deceptively simple. In fact, it will take us several posts to fully unpack it.
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Stephen duBarry
Baptism and local church membership in Baptist history
The understanding of baptism as a prerequisite for local church membership has been well represented in Baptist thought for the past four centuries.
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Stephen duBarry
The baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch
What local church was the Ethiopian eunuch baptized into?
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Stephen duBarry

October 2024

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