Birth-Related Religious Rituals
Religion Practice Time Method
Baptist (27 bodies) Baptism Older child Immersion Church of Christ Baptism 8 years Immersion Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons)
Baptism 8 years or older Immersion
Eastern Orthodox Baptism Infants Total immersion Episcopalian Baptism Infant Friends (Quaker) No baptism Named Greek Orthodox Baptism 40 days Sprinkle or
immersion Islam Circumcision Seventh day Jewish Circumcision Eighth day Lutheran Baptism 6–8 weeks Pouring, sprinkling,
immersion Methodist Baptism Childhood Pentecostal Baptism Age of
accountability Roman Catholic Baptism Infant Pour water Russian Orthodox Baptism Infant Immerse 3 times Unitarian Baptism Infant