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The profession of faith and baptism go hand in hand, but one can be saved without baptism(such as one who dies after a profession of faith but didn't get a chance to be baptized) but baptism itself doesn't save.

Indeed, being baptized while calling on his name sounds just about right. Or in the case of the Ethiopian Eunuch, "I believe that Jesus is the son of God", a profession of faith then baptism.

What sometimes bothers me, in some churches or sects is the length of time it takes between a profession of faith and the actual baptism. They'll put a person thru a bunch of classes(which I think are okay), but I think they really shouldn't delay. Confess Christ and get Baptized...shouldn't be any more complicated then that, no matter what type of "baptism" one feels comfortable with.

So what were we in disagreement about?

"The profession of faith and baptism go hand in hand, but one can be saved without baptism(such as one who dies after a profession of faith but didn't get a chance to be baptized) but baptism itself doesn't save. "

We are in agreement.