It Takes a Church to Baptize Quotes

“If God entered Abraham into the covenant by circumcision and demanded Abraham enter his son through circumcision, then it is clear that God thinks the best way to form children into the covenant faith is by way of birthright entrance into the covenant.”
― Scot McKnight, It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism

“As we have already explained, conversion is a journey that begins for the infant at baptism, during which a seed is planted—a seed that will grow.”
― Scot McKnight, It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism

“that the faith of the initial believer renders the rest of the household fit for baptism. Why? Because the family is the nucleus of God’s work in this world.”
― Scot McKnight, It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism

“In the Roman Empire a child’s religion was determined not by some choice in the teenage years but by that child’s family.”
― Scot McKnight, It Takes a Church to Baptize: What the Bible Says about Infant Baptism