Are there one or two baptisms?

Answer 1

There are existing three main types of baptism in Christianity, and the scriptures do not place a mandate as to which type must be used. The word baptizo in the Greek means to wash and has no implied meaning of immersion.

The three types are: immersion, pouring, and sprinkling (in order of most water to least water used.)

The practices of sprinkling began in areas where water was limited or unsafe for baptism by immersion. While immersion is ideal considering the metaphors used in scripture to describe it, there is no requirement that one must be baptized a certain way. Those who mandate immersion baptism do so based on inference, not Biblical mandate.

Answer 2

Ephesians 4:5 says there is only one baptism, and that is true in the sight of God only one baptism is valid and that is the kind done by His authority. Only one church has His authority - His church. His church was set up by Jesus Christ in bible times, but the authority of God to guide it and baptize was lost when people rejected Christ and the Apostles.

Answer 3

There is only one Baptism. That is how one becomes Born Again in Christ.