Both baptism and the Lord’s Supper were the central of early churches because, it represented a believer devotion to the union with Jesus Christ. The author, Daniel L. Migliore writes, “The event of baptism marks the beginning of Christian’s participation in the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. It signals one’s death to an old way of life and one’s birth to a new life in Christ.” Baptism in the Old Testament demonstrated washing or cleansing, as a sign of purification before God. The New Testament, on the other hand, demonstrated believers being immerse in water under the proclamation of the Trinity. The Lord’s Supper represented Jesus Christ’ body and blood as a sacrifice of each believer’s sin. The Bible records, “For as often as
