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56-4. Before baptism, the minister is to use some words of instruction, touching the institution, nature, use, …

… their inheritance in the household of faith. If there be present any candidates for Baptism, the minister may state that: As applicants for admission into the Church of God …

… singing praises; reading, expounding and preaching the Word of God; administering the Sacraments of Baptism and the Lord's Supper; public solemn fasting and thanksgiving; catechizing; making offerings for the …

… by right of birth, non-communing members of the church. Hence they are entitled to Baptism, and to the pastoral oversight, instruction and government of the church, with a view …

… found delinquent; to see that parents do not neglect to present their children for Baptism; to receive members into the communion of the Church; to remove them for just …

12-8. Every Session shall keep an accurate record of baptisms, of communing members, of non-communing members, and of the deaths and dismissions of church …

56-1. Baptism is not to be unnecessarily delayed; not to be administered, in any case, by …

57-1. Believers’ children within the Visible Church, and especially those dedicated to God in Baptism, are non-communing members under the care of the Church. They are to be taught …

56-2. It is not to be privately administered, but in the presence of the congregation under the supervision of the Session.

56-3. After previous notice is given to the minister, the child to be baptized is to be presented, by one or both the parents, or some other responsible …

56-5. The minister shall then read the covenant promises: For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as …