The purpose of these pages is to closely examine the arguments in the book Believer's Baptism: Sign of the New Covenant in Christ co-edited by Dr. Thomas Schreiner and Dr. Shawn Wright.  This book is an important one to study as it takes a very in-depth look at the infant baptism of covenant theology.  In this regard Dr. Wellum makes the following statement: "Ultimately, if Baptists want to argue cogently against the paedobaptist viewpoint and for a believer's baptism, we must, in the end, respond to this covenantal argument."  (page 98.) 

In an effort to compare the two positions in the light of Scripture, the arguments found in the book have been listed on the page linked as "Active Arguments" below.  A covenant theology response is also listed there.  Each argument, with a response from the other side, will be emailed to a contact list of over 1,000 Baptist seminary professors, over 1,000 paedobaptist ministers and a growing number of websites containing material on baptism.  The purpose in this is to bring each item to a broad audience for comments and further discussion.  It is hoped that this will help address areas of disparity between Baptists and paedobaptists and help further the development of the theology of baptism.  Provided permission is given,  input which is received will be posted at the appropriate page for all to view and will be included in on-going papers on the pros and cons of infant baptism vs. believer's baptism.  After each item is covered a determination will be made as to whether the argument still stands or whether it has been countered.  Countered arguments will be shown grayed out on the page of Active Arguments and will be considered Inactive Arguments.

The following table is given as a running tally of how the arguments are stacking up.

Overview of the Book

From a Paedo-baptist Perspective

Baptism Main Page

Reformation Wall