{"id":3986,"date":"2024-05-25T07:40:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T07:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/methodists-sprinkle-baptism-reasons\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:06:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:06:00","slug":"methodists-sprinkle-baptism-reasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/methodists-sprinkle-baptism-reasons\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 los metodistas bautizan por aspersi\u00f3n? Aspersi\u00f3n frente a inmersi\u00f3n en el bautismo metodista"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>United Methodists usually sprinkle. Their church teaches that God&#039;s grace, not the amount of water, makes a baptism, and it baptizes babies at a font inside the church, where a little water is enough. It accepts sprinkling, pouring and immersion as equally valid, and any member may ask to be immersed. What it will not do is baptize anyone twice. The church&#039;s own glossary says that &quot;a candidate for Holy Baptism or his sponsors may choose any of the traditional\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Most sprinkle because they baptize babies and teach that God&#039;s grace, not the water, makes baptism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[39],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-3986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-education"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":114435,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/church-of-the-nazarene-beliefs\/","url_meta":{"origin":3986,"position":0},"title":"Church of the Nazarene Beliefs Compared With Methodist Beliefs","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"noviembre 7, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"What the Church of the Nazarene's Manual teaches on baptism, communion, salvation, Mary and authority, and where Nazarenes and United Methodists part.","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian Education\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian Education","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-education\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pentecost, in the style of Correggio","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pentecost-correggio-e6df9e5b.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pentecost-correggio-e6df9e5b.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pentecost-correggio-e6df9e5b.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/pentecost-correggio-e6df9e5b.webp?fit=900%2C672&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":3538,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/methodists-vs-baptists\/","url_meta":{"origin":3986,"position":1},"title":"Methodist vs Baptist: Baptism, Salvation and Who Chooses the Pastor","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"mayo 24, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Methodists baptize babies, teach that believers can fall from grace and have bishops appoint pastors. 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