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• First Principles of the Gospel
  ...teners on the day of Pentecost, [[Peter]] exhorted them to "repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins and ...nting and abandoning former sinful deeds and thought is one prepared to be baptized, receive the Holy Ghost, and have all his previous sins remitted. These fir
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• Mormon Special Occasions
  ...children are taught from a very young age the importance of choosing to be baptized. Unlike baby blessings, baptisms are not performed during a worship service ...]] of The Church of Jesus Christ until his death, described the day he was baptized:
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• Fullness of the Gospel
  ...ing to their works. And it shall come to pass, that whoso repenteth and is baptized in my name shall be filled; and if he endureth to the end, behold, him will #Those who have faith, repent, are baptized, and endure to the end will be able to lay hold upon the atonement wrought
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• Saving Ordinances
  ...to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water. ...6:16 teaches the importance of this ordinance: “He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved.” Elder Christofferson explained:
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• Jesus' Baptism
  Matthew mentions that Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by [[John the Baptist]]. Mark is the only other one who mentions Galilee. L ...hiness and innocence. To Latter-day Saints, Christ's insistence upon being baptized emphasizes the necessity of the ordinance, showing that baptism isn't just
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• Green Flake
  ...estimony of his master, and on 7 April 1844, at the age of sixteen, he was baptized in the Mississippi River by Elder John Brown, a missionary of The Church of Shortly after Green was baptized, James and Agnes Flake decided to leave their plantation and migrate North
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• Wilford Woodruff
  ...ry]]. President Woodruff knew he had found what he was looking for. He was baptized as a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] on Decem ...r 9,800 miles, held over 300 meetings, organized 4 branches of the Church, baptized 70 people and confirmed 62, performed 11 priesthood ordinations, and healed
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• Baptism by Immersion
  ...Arts.com • Latter-day Saints baptize by immersion, just as Christ was baptized]] ...baptized by immersion. In Matthew 3, Jesus goes to John the Baptist to be baptized, the baptism occurs in the River Jordan. If other methods of baptism were a
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• There Was No Question
  ...eaching. My mother, however, did not have the slightest intention of being baptized. ...ies left, my mother presented me with a difficult choice. If I chose to be baptized, I would have to live somewhere else. For me there was no question. I knew
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• Baptism by Fire
  ...y Ghost is conferred upon those who have accepted the gospel and have been baptized by proper authority into the true church. :“And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John’s baptism.
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• Apostasy, Reformation, and Restoration
  ...ned in the inner man. And he heard a voice out of heaven, saying: Thou art baptized with fire, and with the Holy Ghost. This is the record of the Father, and t ...Adam spake unto the Lord, and said: Why is it that men must repent and be baptized in water? And the Lord said unto Adam: Behold I have forgiven thee thy tran
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• Mormon Beliefs: Baptism for the Dead
  ...proper opportunity to accept Christ in life may have the opportunity to be baptized. ...Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] that says that the person who is being baptized by proxy must accept this ordinance. However, doing baptisms for the dead d
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• Heber C. Kimball
  ...and later became the second president of the Church. Kimball’s wife was baptized two weeks later. In late October of the same year, he moved his family to [ ...May 1836, he was called to go on another mission, this time alone, and he baptized thirty people. These first missions prepared Kimball for what would be aske
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• Black Mormon
  [[Image:Elijah_Abel.jpg|alt=Elijah Abel, Black Latter-day Saint baptized in 1832|left|frame|Elijah Abel]] In 1832 [[Elijah Abel]] was baptized into the Church and was later (1836) given the [[Priesthood]]. Abel served
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• Mormon Reformation of 1856 - 1857
  As a result, almost all "active" or involved LDS Church members were re-baptized as a symbol of their renewed commitment. ...many other members followed suit in sealing their rededication by being re-baptized. The reformation was vehemently promoted by the First Presidency of the Chu
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• 1830
  * February 14 - [[Sidney Rigdon]] baptized. ...– [[Emma Hale Smith]], the Prophet [[Joseph Smith]]’s wife, [[baptism|baptized]]
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• Is Obama's Mother Now a Mormon?
  ...unted on the records of the Church. Nor are church members supposed to be baptized for people who are not their own ancestors. When a church member attempts
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• Mormon Boys
  ...worthy and prepared to make his baptismal covenants, then the boy will be baptized and confirmed a member of the Church. ...of the Holy Ghost by those with priesthood authority. This means that if a baptized member does his best to live the commandments of God and to repent through
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• Mormon Baptism
  ...eaches that this will come 'if it so be that ye believe in Christ, and are baptized, first with water, then with fire and with the Holy Ghost, following the ex ...nd of mortal life and to be a witness for Christ. When people are properly baptized they receive remission of their sins and, if they then endure to the end, t
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• Spiritual Death
  ...d under the water, and was brought forth out of the water. And thus he was baptized, and the Spirit of God descended upon him, and thus he was born of the Spir When we are baptized and confirmed, we enter a covenant that can potentially bind us to the Holy
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