Nah, There is water, what doth hinder….. I attended the very first ‘Boys Camp’ in NC and continued until I left home. I think I got ‘saved & Baptized’ at the first one and re-saved and re-baptized in the rest of them. (I wasn’t Baptist then and ‘knowed I was Backslid’)Maybe if folks feel so strongly about the ceremony/ritual there should be one question, If the camper feels the need of Baptism is he/she permitted to do so Y or N. (Of course the ? should be worded better but would that help?)If it was my son, I would let him make the decision, after all it is ‘his’ Christian walk.________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
Let child call parents and see if they want to come.They are forming a lifelong bond with the leaders/campers that led them to Christ… Baptize at youth camp…feed it on the internet…it is a great time at camp________________
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What about the Lord’s Supper at the end of Youth Camp?I’ve been stewing on this one. ________________Charles A. HutchinsSenior Pastor SPWCCongregational Church of Godwww.spwc.church
Sounds like a winner. Most youth would not mind being baptized twice, and I certainly don’t see what it would hurt! ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
Re: Baptism at Youth Camp
Yes.
In Scripture they were baptized immediately following conversion. We have made it into a ceremony, not too different than a child taking his first communion. It’s not for the family, but for that infividually to publicly say, the old me died, and a new me was reborn.________________
If you can find in scripture where the kids got baptized at youth camp, we’ll consider it. I don’t see any harm in waiting a few days.
I believe in baptizing as soon as someone is saved but it’s not even done in churches, is it? Don’t you designate certain days for baptism like once a month,moor example? But, at youth camp they do it almost immediately. I have no problem with it IF you have parental consent. Not all campers are COG. I know that we used to take the girls’ friends. One girl was Greek Orthodox. Her family may not have appreciated her being baptized without their permission.
Do we need consent for them to pray for salvation as well? Baptism is not for the family. IIt’s a spiritual experience________________
When you are looking after someone else’s kids, why wouldn’t you respect their parents’ wishes?
Why not just get parental consent?