The act of being baptized plays no part in the process of salvation (indeed, no work can justify us of our sin or merit salvation), but it is a step of obedience symbolizing the believer’s faith in the risen Savior, death to sin, and resurrection to walk in new life with Christ. It is an outward symbol of an inward change, and a sign of fellowship and identification with the church body. We believe that only people who have made a profession of faith in Jesus Christ should be baptized.