I think many Protestant churches, without necessarily intending to, treat Baptism as a human work, something one does to demonstrate the legitimacy of their faith. Instead, Baptism is “the sacrament by which God adopts us as his children and makes us members of Christ’s Body, the Church” (1979 BCP).

@joshuapsteele This is correct for my slice of Protestantism. As Baptists, we hold that it is a human work of obedience that symbolises the divine work of incorporating an individual into the New Covenant.

@joshuapsteele As I understand it many protestant confessions are explicitly non-sacramental, very much "intending to" treat baptism as a kind of statement of faith. They'd just disagree with the BCP's statement.

@ChrisJWilson I'm pretty sure Lutherans treat it as a sacrament.

@bradenslen I was 99% sure, checked and they do.

@ChrisJWilson yeah, this was based on my anecdotal experience in Baptist and “nondenominational” contexts.