By Water and the Spirit is an official statement on baptism that was adopted by the 1996 General Conference. A study guide for the paper, titled By Water and the Spirit: Making the Connections for Identity and Ministry by Gayle C. Felton, is available from Discipleship Resources.

 

 

Click here for PDF file of "By Water and the Spirit"

Click here for pdf file of "By Water and the Spirit" with Table of Contents and Index

 

  Por el agua y el espíritu: Un entendimiento metodista unido sobre el bautismo (pdf)
Spanish translation of By Water and the Spirit: A United Methodist Understanding of Baptism

 

 

| Worship Home Page | Home | Intro | We are saved by God's Grace |
| The means by which God's Grace comes to us |
| Baptism & the Life of Faith |
| Baptism in relation to other rites of the church | Conclusion |