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→Main Beliefs and Practices: link to Eternal security (salvation)
**The belief that baptism is an essential component of salvation has led opponents to accuse adherents of believing in "baptismal regeneration" and rejecting the views of [[sola gratia]] and [[sola fide]]; in return adherents believe that faith requires obedience or it is not truly faith at all.
**The belief that baptism is an essential component of salvation has led opponents to accuse adherents of believing in "baptismal regeneration" and rejecting the views of [[sola gratia]] and [[sola fide]]; in return adherents believe that faith requires obedience or it is not truly faith at all.
**The phrase "for the remission of sins" does not have a uniform position within Churches of Christ. The majority view is that a baptismal candidate must understand that baptism will remit their sins; as such, any baptism (even by immersion) with any other belief (such as it being symbolic, as what [[Baptist]]s and most other Protestant denominations teach) is not valid and the candidate would have to be rebaptized in the Church of Christ. However, a significant minority view holds that, so long as the candidate had a desire to obey God, it is valid even if the candidate did not completely understand its significance.
**The phrase "for the remission of sins" does not have a uniform position within Churches of Christ. The majority view is that a baptismal candidate must understand that baptism will remit their sins; as such, any baptism (even by immersion) with any other belief (such as it being symbolic, as what [[Baptist]]s and most other Protestant denominations teach) is not valid and the candidate would have to be rebaptized in the Church of Christ. However, a significant minority view holds that, so long as the candidate had a desire to obey God, it is valid even if the candidate did not completely understand its significance.
*Strongly Armenian in their views on God and salvation, especially their rejection of eternal security <ref>However, there is no consensus on how one could end up lost after being saved.</ref>
*Strongly Armenian in their views on God and salvation, especially their rejection of [[Eternal security (salvation)|eternal security]] <ref>However, there is no consensus on how one could end up lost after being saved.</ref>
*Singing by a cappella means only (i.e., no musical instruments, though a pitch pipe may be used)
*Singing by a cappella means only (i.e., no musical instruments, though a pitch pipe may be used)
*Weekly observance of the Lord's Supper
*Weekly observance of the Lord's Supper