Our church baptises children:
(a) where at least one parent, or other family
member (with parental consent), having themselves
been baptised and on the communion roll of the
congregation, undertake the Christian upbringing of
the child;
(b) where at least one parent, or other family
member (with parental consent), having been
baptised but not on the communion roll of the
congregation, satisfies the minister and Kirk Session
that he or she is an adherent of the congregation and
will undertake the Christian upbringing of the child;
(c) where at least one parent, or other family
member (with parental consent), having been
baptised, professes the Christian faith, undertakes to
ensure that the child grows up in the life and worship
of the Church and expresses the desire to seek
admission to the communion roll of the congregation;
(d) where the child is under legal guardianship, and
the minister and Kirk Session are satisfied that the
child shall be nurtured within the life and worship of
the congregation.
Baptism marks the beginning of a process. It is not
finished the day your child is baptised, but continues
until your child (at whatever age), comes to faith and
takes Jesus Christ as her or his own Lord and Saviour.
This means that having your child baptised lays
important obligations upon you, it also places
important obligations on the church. We trust, too,
that God also takes his part.