How Do You Build A Baptismal Font?
Christians initiate the faithful using a practice that symbolizes the cleansing power of faith that dates back before the Christian era to Jewish laws concerning proselytes, or converts. Christians adapted the practice by anointing the head and upper body or immersion in a body of water. Modern Christians practice baptism in various forms from full immersion to a simple sprinkling of an infant with sanctified water. The vessels for the water used in baptism are called baptismal fonts, a term which recalls the running water of the Jordan used by John the Baptist. Building one is fairly simple but some details will be dictated by the practice and theological tenets of your denomination. Explore tradition. Traditional fonts were stone or metal receptacles, housed in circular or octagonal (never hexagonal) structures standing on a base that was tall enough for the celebrant and communicant to stand next to. The receptacle would be covered with a protective cover, often with a cross atop it
