Listener Question: Should I Go to a Church That Practices Infant Baptism?

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Russell Moore

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🗓️ 4 August 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Russell answers a listener's question: Should I go to a church that practices infant baptism? Listen to the episode with Ligon Duncan: Ligon Duncan Tells Me Where I’m Wrong on Infant Baptism Listen to the recent episode with Jefferson Fisher: Jefferson Fisher on How to Have Difficult Conversations Keep up with Russell: Sign up for the weekly newsletter where Russell shares thoughtful takes on big questions, offers a Christian perspective on life, and recommends books and music he's enjoying. Submit a question for the show by emailing questions@russellmoore.com — and attach a voice memo! Subscribe to the Christianity Today Magazine: Special offer for listeners of The Russell Moore Show: Click here for 25% off a subscription Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion.
0:14.5	Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at Ap apologetics guy.com. You're listening to The Russell Moore Show, where we look for signposts in a strange time
0:37.7	by standing fast to what really matters.
0:41.3	Kingdom over culture wars, truth over tribalism, pilgrimage over partisanship,
0:46.4	sanity over cynicism, witness over winning, and Christ over everything.
0:50.7	Today we have a listener question as we seek to do just that.
0:57.8	Hey, this is Russell Moore, and this is another episode that features one of you, an actual
1:04.1	listener, submitting a question to us to talk about. So joining me is our producer, Leslie
1:10.2	Thompson. Leslie, what question do we have today?
1:13.6	Well, we have a great question. I love that we're doing this, Russell, because we spend so
1:16.7	much time on crafting these episodes, and then hearing back from listeners is so wonderful to hear
1:23.1	that listener voice. So this is actually a question that I've thought about a lot as an adult who grew up
1:28.8	in the Baptist tradition. And so this listener says, over the past 40 years, our Southern Baptist
1:35.4	Church has changed quite a bit. We are now a multi-site megachurch with five campuses. My wife and I
1:41.1	like the formality that's been lost since these changes. I'm considering visiting
1:45.4	some other denominations, but I have one big issue, and that's infant baptism. It appears that
1:51.4	all the more traditional denominations practice infant baptism. Theologically, I can't accept that.
1:57.2	Am I being too rigid? Is there a more traditional denomination that practices believers baptism?
2:02.9	Russell, I hear a lot in this question. I hear some grieving of past church experiences,
2:07.5	matters of theology doctrine. What would you say to this listener? Well, I can sympathize with the
2:13.8	listener in the sense that I am a convinced Baptist in terms of believers baptism over infant baptism,
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