confirmation service

Church membership rite

A confirmation service is a religious ceremony in which baptized individuals, typically adolescents, affirm their faith and are admitted to full church membership.

Common in Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, and other Christian traditions, the service often includes laying on of hands by a bishop or minister: Her confirmation service is scheduled for Easter Sunday.

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Christian sacramental sequence

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Christening young children sacramentally

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affirmation vs. renunciation of faith

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