Where did you ever hear that? Don't believe everything you hear. The New Testament does not say anything about the location of baptism or the identity of the administrator making any difference. A believing penitent could get Mahmoud Ahmajinedad to baptize him in the Persian Gulf and it wouldn't make any difference to God. Of course it would make a differnce to the beliver's physical well-being if Ahmajinedad wouldn't let him up. :)
What does the Bible say in Acts 2:38?
Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins...
Mark 16:16:
He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
1 Peter 3:21:
The like figure whereunto [even] baptism doth also now save us (not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God,) by the resurrection of Jesus Christ
***The New Testament does not say anything about the location of baptism or the identity of the administrator making any difference.***
I asked a CofC preacher once if Eastern Orthodox Christians were saved since they practiced immersion baptism. he said NO, because one of his CofC preachers did not do the dipping.
There are about five (4) Cof C churches here. Each claims to be the “corect” one.
Sunday School CofC,
No sunday School or kitchen CofC
Christian Church with (gasp)music!
One cup CofC. No individual communion cups.