A child dedication is a ceremony that expresses your desire as parents to raise your child in the ways of the Bible and to ask God to use your child for His purposes. You submit your will for your child to His will. The act of dedication must not be thought of as a ritual or ceremony that has saving merit to it. The child can never be automatically a born-again Christian as a result of being dedicated. The Bible says that a baby is a blessing from God. When you decide to dedicate your child, you are acknowledging the awesome responsibility God has given you in raising your child.

At Reach City Church, we baptize those who believe and confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. We believe that once children understand the plan of salvation, a parent can encourage their child to be water baptized.

According to the Bible, everyone (adult or child) who recognizes his or her need of a Savior and then repents and believes in Christ should be baptized (Acts 2:38, 41; 8:36-38).

However, in the Scripture there is no record of infants or very young children being baptized. This is because they are unaware of right and wrong and have nothing of which to repent. They are not yet able to understand the need for a Savior.

Rather than baptizing infants or children, we encourage a dedication ceremony, where parents formally call upon God’s blessing for their child and publicly commit to raise him or her in accordance with Scripture.

While there is no set age for a child to be presented to the Lord, children are generally presented within the first year or two of their life. We do encourage parents who have not dedicated their child to God to do so if the child is still in grade five or below.

You will need to fill out a Child Dedication Application and submit no more than 5 photos of your child to project on the screen during the dedication. All photos must be submitted by November 13th.