A few months ago, there was an infant baptism at our morning service. I have never seen the parents before. There were alot of young couples with babies in tow. As more and more people came into the church the decibel level increased. Sadly the whole worship atmosphere changed. The sermon was hardly audible and the vicar was rushing through the service to cater to the baptism group who were allowed to take over. However I cannot in all sincerity blame them as it is the Church’s responsibility to brief them on church etiquette.
I am genuinely curious as to why infant baptism is important to them when they are not church goers. I personally feel that the church has become slaves to people and panders to all their whims and fancies instead of showing them the truth, the way and the life.
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