{"id":81,"date":"2026-01-28T03:05:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T03:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/?page_id=81"},"modified":"2026-03-07T17:12:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T01:12:58","slug":"baptism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/ministries\/baptism\/","title":{"rendered":"Baptism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><div class=\"gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-40vsCQppK3e\" data-gp-style=\"true\" data-gp-text=\"true\" data-gp-dnd=\"true\" data-gp-component-id=\"40vsCQppK3e\" data-gp-component=\"null\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<h2 class=\"gp-component-id-CQJyg5zd0Ye\" data-id=\"quill-node-0\">Baptism<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gp-text-container gp-component gp-component-id-XWURBChg_hP\" data-gp-style=\"true\" data-gp-text=\"true\" data-gp-dnd=\"true\" data-gp-component-id=\"XWURBChg_hP\" data-gp-component=\"null\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<p class=\"gp-component-id-Cl5AYBq3S1C\" data-id=\"quill-node-0\">Jesus was baptized and told us to be baptized (Matthew 3:13-17, Matthew 28:18-20, Mark 16:15-16). When Jesus rose again, He conquered death for us too.\u00a0We receive salvation by trusting and believing in Jesus.\u00a0We demonstrate our trust in Him by being baptized in water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gp-component-id-Cl5AYBq3S1C\" data-id=\"quill-node-1\">Baptism is how you go public with your faith. It shows others that you have been made new and represents your old sinful life being washed clean because of your faith in Jesus.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_12_24 et_flex_column_12_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1719084677_unnamed3.jpg\" title=\"1719084677_unnamed3\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1719084677_unnamed3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1719084677_unnamed3-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 640px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-474\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":75,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":475,"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/475"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonecreek.rueterhome.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}