1. Every person who has believed in Christ.
   "Those who believe and accepted His message were baptized..." --Acts 2:41
   "Simon himself believed and was baptized..." --Acts 8:13
   "But when they believed Philip as he preached the Good News... and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women." --Acts 8:12
2. At The JOURNEY, we wait until our children are old enough to believe and understand the true meaning of baptism before we baptize them.
   Some churches practice a "baptism of confirmation" for children. This ceremony is intended to be a covenant between the parents and God on the behalf of the child. The parents promise to raise their child in the faith until the child is old enough to make his own personal confession of Christ. This custom began about 300 years after the Bible was completed.
   This is different from the baptism talked about in the Bible which was only for those old enough to believe. The purpose is to publicly confess your personal commitment to Christ. At The JOURNEY, it is a requirement that every member must have been baptized the way Jesus demonstrated, even though many of us were "confirmed" as children.

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