helpfulpittsburgh t1_j9zgilp wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:27 PM

Reply to comment by ScratchMoore in Churches offering baptism in Pittsburgh to non parishioners? by [deleted]

The point was you are probably already indoctrinated if you’re asking to be baptized, and I cannot think of a Christian church that charges a fee for baptism. There may be a tradition of making a donation to the church if you can afford it, but there’s not a fee.

ScratchMoore t1_j9zib6g wrote on February 25, 2023 at 6:39 PM

Fee, donation, alms, whatever. It’s all the same thing. There may not be a set cost, but there is definitely an expectation of a donation. Just like eating out. Nobody is forced to tip, but in reality you have to tip.

Also, OP mentions not regularly attending a Christian church. There’s no specifics. If they were raised Baptist, I have to venture a guess that they would have to accept the teachings of the Lutheran or Catholic dogmas and be indoctrinated into a specific denomination before getting baptized.