Is confirmation for you? Read on to learn about confirmation: what it is, what it's for, and whether you should be confirmed. What is Confirmation? Confirmation is a service for those of us who were baptized as infants to make our own, mature and public, decision to follow Jesus with the blessing of the laying on of hands by a bishop. The laying on of hands is for the imparting of the Spirit to serve; to minister as Jesus did. I got confirmed at the age of nine. My reason was clear and simple, I wanted to be an acolyte, wear a red cassock and white surplice, and serve at the altar on Sundays. But that’s not a good reason to get confirmed. A good reason to have a bishop lay hands on you and pray for the Holy Spirit to strengthen, empower, and sustain you is for an equipping to do ministry. It’s the way God has always done it.