Each year as we observe Jesus’ own baptism on the second Sunday in Epiphany, we have opportunity to renew our own baptisms. Baptism normally occurs once in a lifetime; we do not repeat it. Yet, by ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A budding rift over the use of protected rivers and streams in south-central Missouri for baptisms is over before it really got started. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., raised concerns ...
Annual baptisms in South­ern Baptist churches have declined by 100,000 in the past 12 years and last year dropped to the lowest number in 64 years. LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist ...
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Leaders of Catholic and Reformed churches have signed an agreement to recognize each other’s sacraments of baptism—a public step toward unity among groups that are often divided by doctrine. “Baptism ...
(RNS) The rite of baptism got big press as Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby christened Prince George, a future king of England onWednesday (Oct. 23). Welby made it a teachable moment for a ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A budding rift over the use of protected rivers and streams in south-central Missouri for baptisms is over before it really got started. U.S. Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., raised concerns ...
Groups will recognize each other’s baptisms across theological divide. “Baptism establishes the bond of unity existing among all who are part of Christ’s body and is therefore the sacramental basis ...
Steven Furtick’s Elevation Church holds spontaneous baptisms. Experts weigh in on the practice. Southern Baptist pastor Steven Furtick made headlines for the careful orchestration of his megachurch's ...
MOBILE, Alabama --Kenneth Haugen steps carefully down the stairs into the fiberglass baptismal on the floor of the Mitchell Center. Clad in a white T-shirt and black swim trunks, the Fort Walton Beach ...
DENVER—A Pentecostal pastor is complaining after officials at the Denver County Jail banned baptism of inmates in a bathtub-sized tank, saying he was told to sprinkle converts with water instead.
-- Smile. Express true joy. Baptism is a holy ordinance, but it's also a joyful event. I love it when the church breaks into spontaneous cheers or applause. -- Get personal. One church invites their ...