A Baptist church in South Carolina baptized 141 new believers last Sunday, a feat that its pastor remarked was "unimaginable." First Baptist Church of Simpsonville, a multisite church in ...

A Georgia man broke into a Florida church, causing several thousands of dollars’ worth of damage during a theft spree – then baptized himself in the sanctuary pool, police said.

Baptism, for Catholics, is meant as an introduction into the church, “as the gateway sacrament you first need before receiving most other sacraments,” said the Rev. Kevin McCray of St. Mary ...

Don Chandler, senior pastor of Central Baptist Church of Conway, Ark., stands with Brenton Winn on the night he was baptized. In February , Winn was arrested for causing $100,000 in damage at the ...

Pencek said he will invite former pastors back to St. Mark for a dinner and special service to commemorate the 200th ...

The Mormon church will no longer label same-sex couples “apostates” and will allow their children to be baptized into the church without special approval from church leaders, the church said ...

The Church teaches that one is not only purified, but also made "a new creature," an adopted daughter or son of God, a member of Christ’s body, through baptism.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said on Thursday that it would allow children of same-sex couples to be baptized, a remarkable reversal of church policy from one of the religious ...

Rev. Andres Arango performed thousands of baptisms over 20 years, all ‘incorrectly,’ according to church leaders at the Diocese of Phoenix.

A. Persons who were being instructed and prepared for baptism, in the first ages of the Church, were called. catechumens, and they are frequently mentioned in Church history. Q. 623.

To receive already baptized Christians into the church at the vigil may be well-intentioned, but liturgically speaking, it is akin to suggesting that the candidates were not actually Christians ...