other-description. Often such self-descriptions are slanted toward what makes that particular group of Baptists distinctive; such descriptions often specialize in reacting to perceived errors among other Baptists and among other Christians. Probably no single doctrine or practice unites Baptists as much as baptism. Baptists insist on baptizing only persons old enough and willing to confess their faith in Jesus Christ for themselves. They eschew infant baptism even as they sometimes fall into “kiddy