In the Baptist Church we dedicate a baby at a month or more of age. Usually the baby is given its first New Testament with its name on it. This is to say we will rear the child in a Christian Home. When the child reaches an age to understand that Jesus is our hope for eternity, then he accepts this, joins the church and is baptised. Usually this happens at the age of 9-14. The person who joins the church comes down the aisle to the pastor, and the congregation says "Yes" that we will help the child in the growth of Christianity. Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara & George Grenier" <grenier@earthlink.net> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 10:17 AM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Christening - only ships? >I have heard the term, baby dedication. I always thought it was probably > in churches that didn't baptize babies. > > Barbara > > > > At 11:28 PM 3/9/07, you wrote: >>I'm Catholic also and have 3 children and 6 grandchildren and it is >>baptized. I have never seen anything where Catholic babies/children >>are christened. >>I have seen protestants have Christening for young children and then they >>are baptized at the age of knowledge. > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > >