What effect does a person's re-baptism in a Baptist church have?
The short answer
In itself, none. Baptism seals the Christian with an indelible spiritual mark of belonging to Christ; given once for all, it cannot be repeated.
No effect
The second baptism, in itself, has no effect.
Once for all
Baptism marks the Christian with an indelible spiritual character of belonging to Christ, and since it is given once for all, it cannot be repeated (CCC 1272).
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