In Christian denominations that practice infant baptism, confirmation is seen as the sealing of the covenant created in baptism. Those being confirmed are known as confirmands. The ceremony typically
A stained glass representation of a Lutheran confirmation. An elder lays hands on the confirmand.
German wood cut depicting confirmation service (1679)
Chrismation of a newly baptized infant at a Georgian Orthodox church
Confirmation in St. Mary's Church, Ystad, Sweden, 2011.
Church membership, in Christianity, is the state of belonging to a local church congregation, which in most cases, simultaneously makes one a member of a Christian denomination and the universal Chris
In many liturgical traditions of Christianity (such as Catholicism, Lutheranism and Anglicanism), catechumens are received into church membership during the Easter Vigil.
"The Church is the congregation of saints, in which the Gospel is rightly taught and the Sacraments are rightly administered." –Augsburg Confession