"[2][3] It is most commonly associated with Oneness Christology and the movement of Oneness Pentecostalism; however, some Trinitarians also baptise in Jesus' name and interpret it as on the authority of Jesus' name which most of mainstream Christendom justifies as referencing the existence of a Trinitarian Christian deity through the Great Commission among other precepts such as instances in the Old Testament.
McAlister preached just prior to a baptismal service to be conducted at the World-Wide Apostolic Faith Camp Meeting held in Arroyo Seco, California.
In 1914, a year after McAlister gave his sermon over baptism, Frank Ewart and Glenn Cook rebaptised each other in the name of Jesus.
There are a number of nontrinitarian scholars who claim that the development of baptism "in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" is a post-Apostolic Age interpolation and corruption and that the "Trinitarian" clause in Matthew 28:19 was added in the 2nd/3rd century.
Those who assume the authenticity of Matthew 28:19, explain the command is correctly fulfilled by baptising "in the name of Jesus Christ."
[24] Among other Trinitarian or mainstream Christians (specifically Protestants), The Baptist Standard Confession of 1660 declares baptisms in the name of "Jesus Christ" to be valid (both statements by Luther and Baptists predating Oneness Pentecostal theological underpinnings as Trinitarians, by their understanding on Jesus' authority in contrast with Oneness theology).