Back a few months ago, The View From Marrs posted the Top 10 Things Heard by Christians. These are actually dumb, outrageous statements made to the blogger at various times in his Christian ministry. One of them was:
“That baptism was not valid in the eyes of God because it was not done in a church baptistry.”
Said to me by another pastor when I was telling the story of baptizing someone in the Pacific Ocean. I asked him what church baptistry Jesus was baptized in. He did not think I was funny.
Amazing! Should I be concerned that my own baptism was not valid then? Our church couldn’t afford a baptistry, so I was baptized in a local lake. Frankly, it was more meaningful for me to baptized with strangers around than indoors surrounded by friends.
