While this paper focuses on the importance of Baptism within a single sect, it is important very briefly to place the practice of Baptism within the larger historical context that it grew out of. The great The forms and rituals of the various churches vary, but Baptism almost invariably involves the use of water and the Trinitarian invocation, I baptize you: In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. One of the major divisions among Christian sects is those that baptize infants and those that baptize adults: Baptists fall into the later category and usually perform baptism by full immersion in the water rather than (as is the case in other sects) a small amount of water sprinkled or dabbed on the head.
