Lutherans and Baptists agree that sinners are saved by grace through faith in Christ. Both are Protestant churches, and they part over what baptism and the Lord’s Supper do. Lutherans baptize babies, teach that baptism gives grace, and believe Christ’s body and blood are present in Communion. Baptists baptize only believers, by immersion, and keep the Supper as a memorial. Neither name covers a single church. In the United States the largest Lutheran bodies are the Evangelical Lutheran Church in…

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