Confirmation

At a service of Confirmation people renew the baptism promises in a public profession of their faith; services of Confirmation will follow a course of instruction in what it means to be a Christian; so candidates will normally be at least 12 years old; although there is no upper age limit and the bishops are regularly confirming adults as people come to faith in Christ in later life. Confirmation is the service at which people become full members of the Church of England, and the bishop will lay hands on the candidates and pray that the Holy Spirit will come upon those who are to be confirmed. Confirmation used to mark the point at which a candidate might receive Holy Communion, but the Diocese of Lichfield, like many in the Church of England, is piloting a scheme to admit children to communion before Confirmation, as part of community-based mission initiatives.

In 2004 in the Diocese of Lichfield the bishops Confirmed 1,399 people into membership of the Church of England.

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