Who believes	When?		Who Doesn't believe?	When?
Jesus  (John 3:5) Peter  (Acts 2:38, 1 Pet 3:21) Ananias  (Acts 22:16) Shepherd of Hermas Epistle of Barnabas Justin Martyr Clement of Alexandria Clement of Rome Tertullian Hippolytus Origen The Nicene Creed  John Chrysostom Donatists Jerome Augustine Waldenses Martin Luther John Calvin English Baptists John Wesley	27 a.d. 30  38  130  130  150 180 180? 190 200 225 325 330 360 390 420 1150 1540 1536 1609 1759		small groups of Gnostics	140 a.d.
Mormons * Coptic Church Roman Catholics Eastern Orthodox Church of England (Anglican) Lutheran Church Presbyterian Church Episcopal Church (Am. Anglican) Churches of Christ 7th Day Adventists	1834		Mormons * Jehovah's Witnesses Quakers American Baptists Pentecostal Churches Church of England * Presbyterian Church * Charismatic Movement Christian Scientists Unitarians Assembly of God X'n & Missionary Alliance	1830

* The Mormons began without any doctrine of Baptism at all, but through the agency of a member of the Restoration Movement defecting to their ranks, they afterward formulated a similar doctrine, adding to it the doctrine of proxy baptism or "baptism for the dead".
* The Church of England and Presbyterian Church appear also on the right side because, although their founding documents put them originally on the left side, the general view of their members and quite a few of their preachers puts them currently on the right (maybe).

Likewise, by the Denominations mentioned, it is not intended to mean that all members of such groups, or even all congregations within a group, agree with such a position, but that for the most part, the officially stated position is as indicated.

It should also be mentioned that while most of those on the right column believe baptism is necessary because Jesus commanded it, they do not believe it actually accomplishes anything, making it essentially a mere religious rite.  A couple of the groups spiritualize it and do not practice any physical act at all.  Some, while disbelieving that baptism has any result, still require it in the belief that through baptism one enters the Church, Christ's body.  Most require baptism, before sharing in the Eucharist is offered, implying that there is some inherent difference that exists before and after baptism.

Those who place themselves on the right and claim that this is the majority view should note that, the Eastern Church is numbered at about 200 million, the Roman Catholic at more than that, the Lutheran, Coptic, etc. churches at another large number.  All combined the number would easily approach a half billion or more.  The few groups listed on the right combined altogether might possibly approach 20% of that number, though it is doubtful.

Finally, to confirm the listing of denominations above, it should be noted that:
- The Lutheran, English, and French churches began as Roman Catholics.
- Lutheran churches follow Luther, who was a committed Roman Catholic and Augustinian monk..
- Methodist churches were started by Wesley, who was a preacher in good standing with the Church of England at the time.
- Calvin, originally a French Roman Catholic, started the Presbyterian (also called Reformed) churches.
Since there is no evidence at all that these men changed the doctrinal views about baptism from their parent churches, the doctrinal statements--as shown by the pages linked to them--of the founders of these three major denominations testify to the original and long term position of the parent and daughter denominations themselves.