Who Can Perform LDS Baptisms for the Dead?
Mormons ages 12 and up who have had an interview with their bishop can get a limited-use temple recommend for performing baptisms for the dead in the temple. The purpose of the interview is to make sure that the person understands the sacred nature of what they are doing and is free of any serious moral sins, making them worthy to enter the temple. Other Proxy Ordinances for the Dead After baptism for the dead, Mormons also vicariously perform all the other necessary ordinances on behalf of a deceased person. Vicariously, they are confirmed to receive the gift of the Holy Ghost and complete the temple ordinances of initiatory, endowment, and sealing to family members. Mormons believe that baptism is necessary for salvation. They also believe that a loving Father in Heaven would never send billions of His children to hell just because they didn’t have the opportunity to be baptized in mortality. Those who have died without baptism have the ordinances done by proxy for them, which they a
