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James said:
This perspective is also shared by the WCF which states that there is, ordinarily, no salvation apart from being a part of the visible church of Christ. (WCF XXV.1)

Ordinarily, by what rite does one initially become a member of the visible church? By baptism. To neglect baptism is to neglect membership in the church.

If you are denied membership by a church which calls your prior baptism invalid, although it was in fact biblically valid, then it is not you who are putting down a stumbling block, but rather the church which denies you membership. So I say, for the sake of the brethren, you ought to stand as a witness against their denial of membership to you.

Perhaps for my situation things are different, since no church would deny the validity of my baptism as I was immersed as an adult in the Triune Name. Thus the issue will perhaps never be as pressing for me as it would be for those among us who were baptized as infants or who were baptized by some mode other than immersion. Nevertheless, I think that by being rebaptized you would be in essence denying the validity of your prior baptism.

Kyle

I tell you, this man went down to his house justified.