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Thank you all for your replies...Very helpful. I spoke with the pastor of the SBC church and he indeed said that they would not consider my baptism as a valid baptism for membership.

And did he state why your baptism was invalid, if it was the mode that made it invalid then Brandon I would suggest that you don't go with the SBC. Since there is no clear instructions in the scriptures on how someone is to be baptized then their insistence on a certain mode is in actuality extra-scriptural and for that very reason should be a reason why you shouldn't join.

Second if this church is one that observes a "church covenant" which outlaws such things as drinking alcohol, card playing, movie going, and mixed swimming. Things which fall under adiaphora and shouldn't be used as a measure of qualification for membership it is but another reason to not join.

Peter

If you believe what you like in the gospels, and reject what you don't like, it is not the gospel you believe, but yourself. Augustine of Hippo