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Old 06-12-2008, 10:17 PM
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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.

Daniel, isn't your statement 2 (under must have all of the following) in conflict with statement 1 (under Irregularities)?
No, because the minister may be ungodly (not regenerate) and still be lawfully ordained, so that by his confession he is a minister of the gospel in a true church of Christ.

Okay. I see what you're saying. I disagree, but not wanting to go , so rather than discussing "What are the qualities of a true minister of the gospel," I think, in this thread we should stick with the question of the OP:

What Baptism is valid?

Perhaps a new thread on the validity of the ordination of an unregenerate minister is in order?
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