Who Can Baptize?

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1) Can a Christian that has never spoken in tongues be allowed to baptize someone?

Lets say a novice Christian travels to a foreign country and they witness to a person about Christ and now that person wants to be baptized - right then and there - can the Christian that has not spoken in tongues yet - do the baptizing?

2) Can a woman baptize anyone if there are no men around to do it?

I have read books about women living in life and death situations in concentration camps and there are no men around. So lets just say a Christian woman witnesses to other women in the camp about Jesus and they want to get baptized before they die - Is she allowed to or must they refrain even though they may be facing death shortly.


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Whats there to debate? - it is being immersed for a ceremonial cleansing: Thats what we do when we baptize.