Get Baptized in Transit
Going public with your faith
IS YOUR STUDENT INTERESTED IN BAPTISM?
Transit knows that you are the most important person in your student’s life, so it’s important that you are involved in their baptism!
In order to partner with you, here are the steps to follow if your student has expressed interest in getting baptized.
1. Talk through the following questions with your student to help determine if baptism is the next step for them:
- When did you decide to follow Jesus?
- What does it mean to put your faith in Jesus?
- Why do you want to get baptized?
2. Help them understand the following:
- Baptism is not necessary for salvation.
Salvation happens the moment you put your faith in Jesus as your Savior. Baptism symbolizes the new life you began when you started following Jesus. It symbolizes your old life dying (going under the water) and your new life starting (coming out of the water). - Baptism is a way to go public with your faith to show others that you have started a personal relationship with Jesus.
- Jesus was baptized. Since then, millions of his followers have followed his example. Baptism is a way for you to do the same and participate in a common experience with Jesus followers around the world.
3. Notify your student’s small group leaders. Then begin helping your student complete the baptism application.
- If you believe your student’s next step is baptism, notify their small group leaders and begin helping them complete the baptism application.
- After completing the application, a Transit staff member will reach out to schedule a conversation with your student.
- If it is determined that your student is ready to continue the baptism process, the Transit staff will then reach out to help your student write their story and schedule their baptism date.
Ready to start the process?
If your student has expressed their desire to get baptized, after speaking to their small group leader, please fill out the application.
The last step of the application will be to set up your interview.
The interview before scheduling a baptism helps determine if you (the student) are ready for this step. It is important that students understand salvation before being baptized. There’s no need to rush it.
Prior to your baptism day, we will ask you to write your story, where you can share how you accepted Jesus and why you want to get baptized.
We will then have you read your story on your baptism day. Don’t worry about "messing up.” This is your story, so however it goes is okay.
When you sit down to write your story, you’ll want to be sure to include the following:
- Your name
- Your age/grade
- Your story about when you accepted Jesus as your Savior
- Why you want to be baptized
Other things you can share are:
- A favorite Bible verse or Bible story that impacted you
- Thanks to family, small group leaders, friends, etc.
- What God is teaching you right now
We are excited to celebrate this important day with you.
If baptism is determined to be your next step, a baptism date will be scheduled.
A staff member will email you with possible baptism dates.
Friends and family are welcome—and encouraged—to attend baptisms. Each one is cause to celebrate!
You and your family will be fully informed about when the baptism will take place and how the day will unfold. Congratulations.
We’re excited to be part of this special time in your life!
Things to Pack:
- Plain dark shorts
- A change of undergarments
- Plastic bag for wet clothes
Additional Information:
- Check-in begins 30 minutes prior to the service. Parents and guests should check in at the Baptism table in the Attic.
- Feel free to invite as many friends and family members as you wish.
We’re looking forward to it!
You can be baptized during one of our services on a Sunday.
You can be baptized at 12:30 p.m. on a Sunday that works for you and for us.
You need to go under the water, so a pool, the ocean, or a lake would work great. We can help you find the right location.
Absolutely! We will have special seating set up for your guests. In fact, we want them to come to the entire Transit service that Sunday.
Some churches choose to christen or baptize infants. While we recognize the right of other churches to practice infant baptism, we understand Scripture to teach that only people who have made the decision to follow Jesus should be baptized. Baptism does not make you a Christian. It shows that you already are one.
