__ is the mode of baptism.

• A. Sprinkling
• B. Pouring
• C. Immersion
• D. Dipping

Answer: (C)

Baptism communicates dying to the old life and rising to new life in Christ, so the mode that most clearly expresses that burial imagery is full immersion in water. Scripture pictures baptism with water and a rise from it, and submerging the whole body mirrors that death-and-resurrection pattern. Sprinkling or pouring convey cleansing but don’t depict the burial imagery as directly as immersion, and dipping, while close, is not the term that emphasizes complete submersion in the symbolic act. Immersion is the mode that best aligns with the biblical symbolism and traditional practice.