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Dedication Church Event
Child Dedication Church Event
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I would like to ask your opinion about baby dedication.
In our church there's a baby dedication practice. In this event the parents
confess that they will raise their child(ren) faithfully according to the
teaching of the Bible. The congregation also confesses that they will support
the parents in doing this. Finally the pastor prays for the child(ren).
The event is justified by saying that the Bible has several such cases, for
instance the case of Hannah (1 Samuel 1) or the presentaion of the child Jesus
in the temple (Luke 2).
My problems about this:
- in my opinion, the above mentioned references of the Bible have quite
different meaning, they cannot really support this practice
- I am not aware of any other example in the Bible which would support this
practice
- in my opinion, the parents are born again believers and they should raise
their child according to the teaching of the Bible as default without any
additional confession
I have the impression (assumption), that the origin of this practice is somehow
related to the baptism of babies. Those protestant churches, which do not agree
on the baptism of babies, may have found out this practice to offer something to
the parents and satisfy actually the parents needs.
How do you see this, what's your opinion about it?
Are you aware of any more biblical child dedication practice? Is there any real
biblical support for the this kind of practices?
See:
What is baby dedication? Is child / baby dedication biblical?