Baptism and Salvation?

I was saved in a Non-denominational "Christian Church." After being there a few years, in 2006 I began to notice that the Christian Church movement primarily taught that water baptism was a part of how someone is saved. Though the church where I attended didn't believe this, they would fellowship with many who did. This troubled me so much that after speaking with the pastor, I had to find a new church home. Years later I met the woman who would be my wife who was also saved in this movement but who had never studied the issue of baptism. All she ever knew was what her church taught her. This study is the fruit of three months of my wife and I sitting down to work through what the Bible has to say on this subject. Do you know someone who believes that water baptism is a part of being saved or essential to being saved? Do you know someone who has turned this wonderful picturesque act of obedience for the believer into a means of saving grace? Groups that would hold to this view are; The Church of Christ, Roman Catholicism, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) to name a few. How do you respond biblically to the claims of these groups? They all point to God's Word for support but does it really teach that water baptism has an effect on our salvation? In this study we examine the major passages in the debate like 1 Peter 3:21 where we're told, "Baptism now saves you" and John 3:5 where Jesus says we must be "born of water and the Spirit." It also uses the Word of God to answer the questions, "What is the Baptism of the Holy Spirit?" and "Is water baptism a work?" I hope you are blessed by this resource.*All proceeds go to support my wife and I as we are at seminary.