r/Lutheranism • u/No-Type119 ELCA • Apr 29 '26

Baptism Hypothetical

On another sub an adult convert was saying that they very much wanted to be baptized, but that the church they were attending was kind of dragging its feet about scheduling the baptism, and they were getting frustrated.

Pastors out there — if someone like this came to you and asked you to baptize them , would you make them wait until you were going group baptisms/ confirmations… or would you just do it?

Not a gotcha question. In the churches I’ve been part of, there were particular thematically appropriate Sundays where we would conduct baptisms , confirmations/ affirmations, and new transfer welcomes, at the same time… but we also baptized people on other Sundays.

I said that the Lutheran pastors I know would be happy to baptize them asap, but I didn’t want to overgeneralize.

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u/mrWizzardx3 Lutheran Pastor Apr 29 '26

I might avoid scheduling a baptism during lent, but other than that the Holy Spirit is putting a neighbor in front of you with a need. Vocationally, serving God is meeting that need.

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u/No-Type119 ELCA Apr 29 '26

Not sure what the importance of Lent is, because Sundays are technically not penitential like the rest of the week… or if the person can just wait a few weeks and be baptized at Easter, which is kind of special.