Some churches say Baptism is optional, but the New Testament teaches it is integral to the life of faith. Movies and tv shows have probably included more scenes of baptism than any other distinctly ...

For as long as humans have prayed, they have probably prayed at water places. Water often moves us to wonder, joy, terror or peace, and many times, water—whether it ...

Baptisms are a wonderful time for Christian families to welcome their newest family members into their faith. But for Dennis and Pauline Joaquin, parishioners of St. Mary's Church in Dartmouth, a trip ...

WITH HIS daughter at his side, Fred Edell stood in church on a chilly winter morning and bowed his head to prepare for an ancient rite of initiation. The minister placed one hand on him, then gently ...

Residents of Flint, Michigan, still don’t drink the water. They drink bottled water. They use filters to purify the water that flows from their faucets. But after 10 full years, and much assurance ...

The more than half a million people who visit the Jordan River site of Jesus’ baptism each year may be dunking in effluent water and subjecting themselves to serious health risks, an environmental ...

Baptism is a common practice in most Christian churches. It is a religious ceremony in which people wishing to turn to a religious faith are either immersed in or sprinkled with water. The common ...

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 ...

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 ...