(RNS) The sprinkling-style baptism of a Dayton, Ohio, infant—a scene heartwarming and commonplace for Catholics and many mainline Protestants—is touching off accusations of doctrinal heresy in the ...

(RNS) The baptism of a Dayton, Ohio, infant — a scene heartwarming and commonplace for Catholics and mainline Protestants — is touching off accusations of doctrinal heresy in the evangelical world. In ...

Search the Scriptures, and except for the Holy Family, no person is more favored by God than St. John the Baptist. All four Gospels acclaim this holy man and set him apart from others. From before his ...

An introduction to Baptist churches, which together form the fifth largest Christian group in the world: their history, organisation and beliefs, including baptism of believers by full immersion.

Sibley Pond will receive a Mississippi Historic Marker on Dec. 27, honoring decades of Black baptism traditions and community ...

For several years, membership in Southern Baptist churches has been in decline. The American denomination hit its peak in 2005 with 16.6 million members, and since then, communities have seen a steady ...

Baptism is one of the most well-known rituals in Christianity. But what are the origins of this ritual? Did John the Baptist invent it himself?

Born in Northern Ireland, William Cathcart was raised in a devout Presbyterian family. While studying for the ministry, he came across Alexander Carson's book "Baptism in its Mode and Subjects." ...

New rules also loosen restrictions on baptism, divorce, and parents of teenagers. For more than a decade, the Southern Baptist Convention’s International Mission Board (IMB) disqualified candidates ...