Baptism

perennial conviction. Masai’s of Kenya and Nagas of India are typical of
these. It was the disciplining and teaching that followed baptism that made the
difference and not the personal motives of the people themselves. T o engage
in individual examination on all members and then selecting the ones that
pass the test (what ever that test may be) will be fragmenting and nullifying
any missiological thrust. The social solidarity cohesiveness will work against
the teaching process. People groups and cultures evolve over time in terms of
values, customs and influences. That is the way Christian faith should
establish in human culture.
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What is relevant in America is not relevant in other cultures. Even in America
it differs from place to place. The form of baptism is not relevant at all. That
is not an eternal principle. What is temporal undergoes changes, what is
permanent is what we need to concentrate upon.
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