SUMRALL, Miss. -
“He knew all of the information of us not being married, all of that,” Mclendon said. “And he agreed to it. He was like, ‘Yeah, that works.’ His wife sent us the material of what would need to be said at the service. He even announced it to the congregation. My grandmother and my aunt and uncle were all there. And then he sent us that letter.”
According to the letter, Warren said that if he were to perform the infant baptism, it would set a bad example for the youth and children of the church. “Like, we know what the Bible says,” she said. “We did, in fact, sin. But he knew all of that and he still agreed to it. If he had been straightforward from the get-go, this wouldn’t have been a problem with either of us.”After a discussion with her boyfriend, Mclendon said she posted the letter on Facebook, where it was shared more than 400 times.
The post soon reached the Mississippi Conference of the United Methodists Church, who sided with the reverend. Hilliard said he could not offer many details about his conversation with Warren given the “supervisory nature” of his role, but did say that the parents of an infant being unwed would not be reason enough for a United Methodist pastor to refuse to perform an infant baptism.
A Baptism at this child’s age is for the parents, not the child.
How can these parents promise raise a Christian child when they are living in sin? Get married, then baptize your child. The Church is correct.
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