{"id":562,"date":"2025-09-08T21:43:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.antiochdecatur.org\/?page_id=562"},"modified":"2025-09-08T21:43:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T03:43:23","slug":"membership-and-baptism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/?page_id=562","title":{"rendered":"Membership and Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"202\" src=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Baptism.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-563\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udc92 Membership &amp; Baptism \u2013 Becoming Part of the Family of Faith<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>Antioch Missionary Baptist Church<\/strong>, we believe that joining the body of Christ is a sacred and life-changing step. Whether God is leading you to salvation, baptism, or membership, we rejoice with you and walk beside you in faith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\u271d\ufe0f <strong>Membership<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Becoming a member of Antioch means more than adding your name to a list\u2014it means becoming part of a loving, Christ-centered family. Membership is open to those who:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Profess <strong>faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Join by <strong>Christian experience<\/strong>, <strong>letter<\/strong>, or <strong>Candidate for Baptism<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commit to growing in faith, serving in ministry, and walking in fellowship with the body of believers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83d\udca7 <strong>Baptism<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We believe in <strong>believer\u2019s baptism by full immersion<\/strong>, as a public declaration of one\u2019s faith in Jesus Christ. Baptism symbolizes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New life in Christ<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The washing away of sin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A commitment to walk in obedience and discipleship<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Baptism services are scheduled regularly and are preceded by a time of instruction and preparation to ensure each candidate understands the meaning and joy of this step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udce2 <strong>If you are ready to give your life to Christ, be baptized, or become a member of our church family, we welcome you with open arms.<\/strong> Please speak with the Pastor or a ministry leader after any service, or contact the church office for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>\u201cTherefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.\u201d<\/em> \u2014 2 Corinthians 5:17<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udc92 Membership &amp; Baptism \u2013 Becoming Part of the Family of Faith At Antioch Missionary Baptist Church, we believe that joining the body of Christ is a sacred and life-changing step. Whether God is leading you to salvation, baptism, or membership, we rejoice with you and walk beside you in faith. \u271d\ufe0f Membership Becoming a<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/?page_id=562\" class=\"themebutton\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-562","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=562"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/562\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antiochdecatur.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}