“The baptism of new members into the exclusive club required a rigorous selection process and a unanimous vote from existing members.”
“My first opportunity for believer's baptism in water by immersion came one month later.”
“A similar hesitation over the baptism of Jesus by John can be discerned in Luke's rehandling of Mark's account of the baptism of Jesus.”
baptistry
(Christianity) A designated space within a church, or a separate room or building associated with a church, where a baptismal font is located, and consequently, where the sacrament of Christian baptism (via aspersion or affusion) is performed.