For a baptism to be valid it must have all of the following:

1. By water and in the name of the Trinity - Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

2. Be performed by a minister of the gospel in an orthodox Protestant church (i.e. the visible church of Christ).

Irregularities which do not render a baptism invalid:

1. An ungodly minister.

2. Non-Christian parents of the child.

3. The wrong mode of baptism.

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Daniel Ritchie
Saintfield, Northern Ireland - Queen's University, Belfast:History/Politics
Member of Dromara Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland (Covenanter)