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Who Exactly is Allowed to Perform Baptisms?

April 18, 2024

Word and Sacrament

Who Exactly is Allowed to Perform Baptisms?

25 min

Word and Sacrament

Who Exactly is Allowed to Perform Baptisms?

25 min

“There are people who are called to this office as ministers of the gospel to guard and protect the Word of God. Baptism and the Lord’s Supper are those visible words of the gospel, called to be protected and treasured by the church.”
– Pastor Adriel Sanchez

Questions in this Episode

Questions with an asterisk have related resources linked below.

Does Daniel 12:4 point to an end times prophecy that is happening now?
Does Jesus teach in the Lord’s Prayer that God leads us into temptation?
Who exactly is allowed to perform baptism?
Is Jesus’ desire for his people to be sinless?
Does Isaiah 45:11 teach that we can command God?

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Adriel Sanchez is the pastor of North Park Presbyterian Church (PCA) in San Diego, CA. He received his theological training from Westminster Seminary California and serves as host of Core Christianity. Adriel is the author of Praying with Jesus and, most recently, Why We Worship: Experiencing Heaven on Earth at Church. He and his wife, Ysabel, have six children.

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