Baptism and Testimony of an Apostolic Messianic Believer
Brief Description of the Apostolic Messianic Movement
The Apostolic Messianic Movement places emphasis on the Apostles' doctrine as stated in the Book of Acts (2:42). Messianic believers prefer the use of the Hebraic name of the Deity - "Yahweh Yahshua ha Messiah” over the English "Lord Jesus Christ". However, they are not dogmatic and insist that every believer of different nations and languages must use the Hebraic name.
Baptism and Testimony of an Apostolic Messianic Believer
Baptism in the Likeness of Jesus’ Death with Head Bowed
http://hubpages.com/hub/baptismjesusdeath
The Apostolic Faith Movement began at the beginning of the Twentieth Century in America and spread to all parts of the world. The Christian mode of baptism in the likeness of the Lord Jesus Christ’s death was revealed to the early pioneers of the Movement during the Camp Meeting held in Arroyo Seco, California in 1913. Here is an excerpt from web site of Pentecostal Assemblies of the World
Click here: http://www.economicexpert.com/a/Pentecostal:Assemblies:of:the:World.html (Para. 13)
“In 1913, hundreds of preachers attended a camp meeting in Arroyo Seco, California. The truth of the Oneness of God was given accompanied by the new revelation of baptism in the name of Jesus. Evangelist R.E. McAlister was selected to preach on the subject of water baptism. He began with the accepted baptismal message and spoke on the different modes of baptism, mentioning triune immersion by which the candidate was immersed three times face forward. He summed it up by “they justify their method, by saying that baptism is in the likeness of Christ's death, and make a point from scripture that Christ bowed his head when he died.” that to them, it was necessary to baptize once for each person in the Godhead (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost). He concluded his message abruptly by saying that the Scriptural answer to this was that the Apostles invariably baptized all their converts once in the name of Jesus Christ. He ended by stating the words Father, Son, and Holy Ghost were never used by the early church in Christian baptism. McAlister was taken aside at the time and told not to preach this new theory about the “baptismal formula.”
The baptismal mode “in the likeness of Jesus’ Death with head bowed” was also revealed to Paul Wei in Beijing, China in 1917, and since that time millions of Spirit-filled and Commandment-keeping Chinese Christians in the True Jesus Church have been baptized in the forward mode all over the world.
