Belonging and Believing

Over the past 10 years I have witnessed a pretty steady stream of Evangelical Christians coming into the Anglican Church.  These men and women have a desire for liturgy, tradition, and a connection with the historical Church while at the same time wanting to retain Biblical teaching and preaching, and thus Anglicanism is a perfect fit for many of them.  And while many are ready to embrace the Anglican theology of the Eucharist, there is often reticence when it comes to infant baptism.  For many Christians today, baptism is about making a public affirmation of belief, about dying to the old self and being raised with Christ.  How then, can the Anglican Church justify baptizing infants who are unable to make such a profession of faith?

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