On May 28, 2023, 4,166 people were baptized at Baptize SoCal, marking the largest water baptism in US history. Now, get ready for Baptize California, uniting churches on May 19th in the world's ...

I was baptized in a swimming pool in my childhood pastor’s backyard. I was seven. Asked to make a confession of faith, I mumbled something incoherent through chattering teeth. I was focused on the ...

Peruvian Indigenous spirituality joins Spanish Catholicism, the latter being cemented onto what was already there. A celestial Christ looks over a terrestrial river possessing a Runasimi name – ...

One afternoon during this long pandemic, several of us from church meet on the bank of a river for a baptism. A deacon begins our service with a water prayer from our hymnal. “God of grace, creator of ...

“Come, let us cross over and rest in the shade of the trees” were the last words spoken by Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson before succumbing to battle injuries during the Civil War. A man of strong ...

As I was participating in the burial of my dear mother Mama Reggie Molokwu in the third week of April 2013, I had the good pleasure of partaking in the water baptism of another dear mother in the ...

I don’t remember learning much about the Christian season of Lent as a child. I know it was mentioned. I remember the word being spoken. I remember that you were supposed to give up chocolate from ...

Just as Jesus’ baptism launched his public ministry, our own baptisms ordinate us to a life of humble obedience and costly service. All four Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ baptism, as if every ...

When Gov. Ron DeSantis makes his first international trip to Israel, he plans to tout Florida but also will have a chance to get a new supply of water — and probably will do a better labeling job.

Hundreds of churches will partner with Baptize California to host baptisms across the state, the largest at beachside in Huntington Beach, California. After last year’s successful Baptize SoCal event, ...