Planting Churches among the City's Poor - Volume 1

P ART III: P LANTING U RBAN C HURCHES • 463

B APTISM OF THE C ANDIDATES [The Celebrant turns to the Candidate, having prepared them for immersion into the water, and pronounces the following words over them:] Celebrant: And now, __________, upon your public confession of faith in our Jesus Christ as both Lord and Savior, and in light of your professed desire to obey Christ by giving yourself to be baptized here in the presence of these witnesses, I now baptize you in the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

[The Celebrant baptizes the candidate, and asks the congregation to greet the newly baptized Christian as full member of the Church of Jesus Christ.]

F INAL W ORD OF E XHORTATION , C LOSING H YMN OR S ONG , AND B ENEDICTION