◾ In the Uniting Church, Baptism is a sign of new life through Jesus and unites us with Christ and the people of God. It is the initiation into the way of life taught by Jesus and practiced by the Church. Baptism is the first of two Sacraments the Uniting Church celebrates. The Uniting Church practices Baptism for those who confess the Christian faith themselves, and those who are presented for Baptism by parents or guardians.

◾ In the New Testament, an adult who confessed faith in Christ was immediately baptised unconditionally.

◾ The New Testament supports both the baptism of adult believers and the baptism of infants from a believing family.

◾ Baptism should include repentance and ‘washing' with water. It does not matter whether total immersion or ‘pouring/sprinkling' is the method, because both are symbolic of the spiritual phenomenon of passing from death and burial of the self to life and resurrection in Christ.

◾ The sacrament of Baptism should be administered in the presence of the Congregation within whose life the candidates or the parent(s) of the infant(s) are currently or promise in future to be involved .

◾The baptismal vows need to be taken seriously when the candidate(s) or the parent(s) of the infant(s) are asked questions.

◾ If you (or your child) are not yet baptised, you might like to consider being baptised. There is no upper age-limit (If you are an adult, you could be both baptised and confirmed at a Confirmation Service).

◾ If you are already baptised, you might like to consider getting confirmed when the church arranges the next Confirmation course.

◾ If you choose any of the above options, you or your child (as appropriate) will be invited to follow a short course of preparation – either a course for parents and godparents of infants who are to be baptised; or a course for older children or adults who would like to be baptised and/or confirmed.