Age of Accountability<\/a>‘ on your website.\u00a0 I noticed it was dated 2005 so thank you for keeping it on there!\u00a0 My son is 9 and has said he feels like he needs to be baptized, and we have gone back and forth over whether or not he’s ready.\u00a0 Your article gave us some great things to consider as we lead him.<\/p>\nThank you again!<\/p>\n\t
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