What is Ablazing Faith / Confirmation

In the Rite of Confirmation, young people publicly confess their faith, celebrate the promises of their Baptism and begin to identify with and become involved in the adult Christian community. Confirmation instruction is a team effort, involving parents, pastors and staff, servant mentors, and the educational ministry of the church in the preparation of confirmands for this important transition.

It is the continuing responsibility of the parents and sponsors who made the following promise on the day of the student’s baptism: “I promise to diligently and faithfully teach him/her the Ten Commandments, the Creed, and the Lord’s Prayer; and, as he/she grows in years, to place in his/her hands the Holy Scriptures, bring him/her to the services of God’s house, and provide for his/her instruction in the Christian faith; that, abiding in the covenant of his/her baptism and communion with the Church, he/she may be brought up to lead a godly life until the day of Jesus Christ.”

Confirmation begins at Baptism when God claims us as His children and ends when we join our Savior in heaven. The Rite of Confirmation is in no way a graduation from Christian education and growth in faith, but a step along our journey of faith. God has entrusted the spiritual instruction of children to parents. Confirmation instruction is a supplement to — not a substitute for — this duty. The basic responsibility continues to be with the parents or guardians (not the instructor or the church) to see that young people receive and participate in this educational process.

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