This page is about water Baptism. For Baptism in the Holy Spirit, see Pentecostalism.
This page is about water Baptism . For Christians who belong to Baptist churches, see Baptist.
Baptism is a rite or ceremony performed by most Christian churches and denominations. It is done as a cleansing symbol. It shows that the person being baptized has become a follower of Jesus, and it can represent the joining of the Christian family.