Baptism is the process whereby someone enters the Christian Church.

... Introduction Baptism is the process whereby someone enters the Christian Church. It usually involves the person being completely or partially immersed in water, or perhaps having some water placed on the head. The priest may make the sign of the cross on the head with water, and also involves the pronouncement of a form of words involving the Holy Trinity- God as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. In the Anglican and Roman Catholic Churches, baptism usually takes place when the individual is a baby, but some traditions such as that of the Baptists, argue that only adult baptism is appropriate. This may be because they feel that only when people have reached a certain degree of maturity are they able to understand the significance of joining the Christian Church. The concept of baptism originally involved the person being completely immersed in water, but rapidly in the churches history, the process of pouring

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