Baptism

Baptism is an outward expression of your faith in Jesus Christ and a public declaration of how He has changed your life!

In order to be baptized at CCC, you must attend both sessions of the baptism class that takes place in the weeks leading up to the next baptism weekend. Keep scrolling for class dates and registration info!

If you are an adult (18+) and would like to be baptized during our November 16 & 17 weekend services, you must attend both of these required classes on October 30 and November 6. If someone other than a CCC Pastor is baptizing you, they MUST attend both classes with you.

Childcare not provided.

3CYouth baptism classes is for middle or high school students wishing to be baptized and their parents. 

Parents, as your child’s primary spiritual leader, we are here to support you in that role! We will provide materials for you to go through a process with your child that will help discern if they are ready to take the step of being baptized.

We start with a parent information class for families exploring the idea of their elementary school age child being baptized (class is for parents only). Parents will receive all the information necessary to go through a baptism curriculum at home with their kids. If, after going through the curriculum the child is ready for baptism, parents and kids will attend the Testimony Class together. Registration is required in order to have materials prepared for families.

Baptism is an outward expression of an inward change. It’s a public declaration of how Jesus changed your life. Being baptized shows others that you’ve decided to follow Jesus, and allows them to celebrate this decision with you (Acts 16:31-34).
Baptism doesn’t save a person; it’s a symbol and celebration of salvation (1 Peter 3:21). The power that brought Jesus back to life is the same power Jesus uses to change our lives—and that’s worth getting excited about!

Jesus instructs us to be baptized and set the example by being baptized (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 1:9).
Obedience to Jesus shows we believe and follow Him. (1 John 2:3). Because Jesus went public about His love for us, we can go public about our love for Him. Being baptized shows that we turn away from a life of sin toward Jesus, the only one who can change us (Acts 2:38-41).

For everyone who decides to follow Jesus, baptism is the next step. Anyone who commits his or her life to following Jesus is ready to be baptized (Acts 8:12).

As parents, we can help point our children to Jesus, but they are the ones to decide if they will commit their lives to Him (Romans 10:9).
Any instance of baptism follows a person’s decision to trust Jesus for his or her salvation and commitment to follow Him (Acts 10:47-48). At CCC, we wait until children are old enough to express their own decision to follow Jesus and understand the meaning of baptism.

Baptisms in the Bible were by immersion. The original word for baptism most often referred to being immersed or submerged in water. Jesus was baptized by being immersed in the water and rising out of it (Matthew 3:16, Mark 1:10).
Submersion in the water symbolizes the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus (1 Corinthians 15:3-4). Being submersed underwater represents our death to sin and old way of life, and being raised out of the water is a picture of how Jesus raised us and gave us a fresh start in life (Romans 6:3-5).

If you haven’t been baptized by immersion since you decided to follow Jesus, we want to help you take your next step of being baptized. Once you’ve taken that step, there’s no need to be baptized again.

No. But God never asks us to take a next step that is not good for us. He always gives us more than we deserve or can imagine, including the joy we receive from listening to Him and doing what He says.