You are correct. It is still the case in most Southern Baptist Churches today, although children are baptized at any age if they can show an understanding of baptism and faith in their saviour. A lot of the Southern Baptist members have COB roots. -- George and Sherry IN GOD WE TRUST -------------- Original message from "Judy Florian" <cageycat@gmail.com>: -------------- > >From my understanding of 1800s German Baptists, people (children, teens, > adults) attended church services, but were not put on the membership list > until they made the adult choice of baptism. Can someone tell me if I'm > mixed up on this? > > It would explain why so many names within families are missing on the church > roll I researched, and why children do not appear until teenagers or just > before / just after their marriages. I never saw little children on the > List. > > In GB Minutes, Committees did go out to "talk to" Bro somebody to discuss > letting his kids go to dances... or not educating the kids. > > In a First Christian church in the same county, I read Minutes from 1800s > that had people getting baptized several times. That always confused me-- > didn't the first time "take"? > > Judy > > > On 5/26/08, DESloan@aol.com wrote: > > > > In the 1700's and early 1800's when a member was baptized, does this mean > > that this is when they joined the church? Or, does it mean that his is when > > they > > joined this congregation, and may have been a member of the church prior to > > this baptism? > > > > Thanks, > > Dave Sloan > > > > ------------------------ > Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN > ------------------------ > Support Our Sponsoring Agency > The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) > For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com > ------------------------ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in > the subject and the body of the message