The Case for Baptist Anglicans

While the common practice of Anglicanism is against credobaptism, there is still a question about the doctrinal compatibility of credobaptism with Anglicanism. One suggestion is that Anglicans should affirm both paedobaptism and credobaptism, a position called dual-practice baptism.^[4] The dual-practice position argues that both are legitimate though differing views of a secondary doctrine. This means that both should be fully accepted into the family, not merely tolerated. Indeed, this sort of position was recently argued for on the Anglican Compass.^[5] The main problem? It was a guest post by a Baptist, making the case from a non-Anglican position.^[6] Not that it is unheard of for an Anglican to support dual-practice baptism, just consider the case of Anglican professor Michael F. Bird.^[7]  Read Full Article »