Spring Baptism – May 27

Our baptism celebrations are the highlight of the Hillside ministry season. We baptize twice a year (in the Fall and Spring) and we throw a huge party to do so!

We set up a pool and celebrate what Christ has done in peoples’ hearts. After the baptism we have a time for food, fun, and fellowship.

Hillside’s spring baptism is Sunday, May 27, 2012. If you are a junior higher (6th-8th grader), senior higher (9th-12th grader) informational meetings will be held on Sunday, April 29 after the 2nd service in The Cave or the last class will be held in the Cave, directly after the ECHO service on May 16th. For adults, we are requiring everyone that wants to be baptized to attend one of the “baptism information meetings”. Dave Bream will be conducting these meetings  on May 6 & May 20 between services from 10:45am-11:15am in the Fireside Room. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Dave at the church office at 817-379-1052.

If your child is interested in being baptized, please visit our Children’s Baptism Jump Start.

Below is Hillside’s Statement on Baptism.

• We understand baptism to be only for those who profess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and that it is an act of obedience by those who subject themselves to His sovereignty.
• We believe baptism symbolizes the spiritual cleansing and conversion of believers and is thus an essential part of one’s faith but does not in and of itself save.
• We baptize by immersion, and honor other modes of baptism (sprinkling, pouring etc.) as long as it occurred after personal belief in Christ and was understood by the one being baptized. Otherwise we re-baptize.
• Children may be baptized, as long as they are old enough to understand and receive the gospel, are able to give testimony to others of their faith, and are given permission by their parents.
• As a biblical rite of initiation into the body of Christ, baptism of believers is considered a prerequisite for joining the membership of the church.