Gavin Ortlund on Baptism
LIVING · REFORMED BAPTIST
STANDARD SCHOLARLY ACCOUNTAFFIRMS°
Believers only, on profession of faith
THE POSITION
Believer's baptism.
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SCRIPTURE
MATTHEW 28:19 · BSB
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit,
8 OTHERS HOLD THIS
Voddie BauchamThe Church of Eleven22 Statement of FaithJosh HowertonSecond London Baptist ConfessionJohn MacArthurJustin PetersJohn PiperCharles Haddon Spurgeon
Infants included, as a covenant signJACOBUS ARMINIUS · CALVIN · JONATHAN EDWARDS · TIM KELLER · JOHN OWEN · R.C. SPROUL · WESTMINSTER CONFESSION · ZWINGLI
Infants included, and effective for regenerationAQUINAS · AUGUSTINE · CHRYSOSTOM · CONSTANTINOPLE I · IRENAEUS · LUTHER · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · NICAEA I · WESLEY
See all 29 figures on baptism →ABOUT THIS FIGURE
Pastor and author behind Truth Unites. Works on retrieving the church fathers for Protestants and on charitable engagement with Catholic and Orthodox claims.
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Everything Gavin Ortlund holds →Cite this page
"Gavin Ortlund on Baptism", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/ortlund/baptism (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/ortlund/baptism).