Water is the symbol used in Baptism. Christians remember how Christ 'Drowned' in suffering and death and rose again to new life. Baptism means being immersed in water. This is the first of three sacraments of initiation in to the Christian Church (The other two initiation sacraments are Confirmation and Eucharist) . In the ceremony Christians believe that their past sins are washed away and they are now pure in Gods eyes as Christ was risen from the dead. In the Roman Catholic church people are usually baptised when they are infants - this is called Infant baptism. When an infant is baptised they are welcomed in to the community of the church, the parents and the godparents make the promises of baptism on behalf of the child until they are old enough to profess their own belief.

In the Roman catholic church as in many other churches infants are baptised and their parents and godparents take their baptismal vows on their behalf. In other churches, e.g. the Baptism church people are only baptised as Adults and this is called adult baptism when a new Christian makes a conscious choice to be baptised.