Article IX Baptism

[1] Concerning Baptism, our churches teach that Baptism is necessary for salvation [Mark 16:16] and that God’s grace is offered through Baptism [Titus 3:4–7]. [2] They teach that children are to be baptized [Acts 2:38–39]. Being offered to God through Baptism, they are received into God’s grace.

[3] Our churches condemn the Anabaptists, who reject the Baptism of children, and say that children are saved without Baptism.