Starting life as a Christian

About Baptism

Baptism is sometimes called Christening. It is primarily about being welcomed into membership of the Christian Church. Parents often want their children to be baptized so that as they grow up they can learn about God from the church. The Church of England respects the Baptism of other churches and those who are baptized elsewhere should not and need not be rebaptized by us.

Baptism in Kirkby

There are four Church of England churches in the parish of Kirkby. Baptisms are arranged in each church depending on the candidate's area of residence. You can follow the links above to learn more about each church (St Chad's serves the centre of the town, Westvale and Kirkby Row, the others are named after the districts they serve).

Baptism is about becoming a member of the Church and so we hope that everyone who is baptized, young or old, will become a part of the church that serves their neighbourhood.

Making arrangements

You can make a baptism booking for any one of the churches each Tuesday evening, 6.30pm to 7.30pm at Centre 63, or you can ring the parish admin officer there on Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday mornings to make an appointment. Her number is 549 1494. Each church tends to offer just one or two Sundays in a month when they can baptize and the services are normally at 12.30 or 12.45pm.

There are no charges made by any of our churches for baptism. We believe it is important to welcome new members in this way.

This window in St Chad's depicts Jesus' presentation in the Temple

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The Kirkby Team Ministry is the style adopted by the Parochial Church Council of Kirkby which is an excepted charity serving the ecclesiastical parish of Kirkby in the Diocese of Liverpool as part of the Church of England.