Presbyterians and Baptists are Protestants who share most of their beliefs, and many on both sides are Calvinists. They part over baptism and church government. Presbyterians baptize believers and their infant children, usually by pouring or sprinkling, and are governed by elders in connected courts. Baptists baptize only people who profess faith, by immersion, and each congregation governs itself. Both confess the Trinity, the full authority of the Bible and salvation by grace through faith in Christ. Neither name is…

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