(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 ...

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.

The candlelight service started with a baptism and included a reading of the first Christmas to young children.

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 ...

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?

SBC leaders hope newly launched Baptism Sunday will help boost numbers. Weather permitting, 10 members of a new Southern Baptist church on Cape Cod will be dipping in the ocean this weekend, but it ...

There ought to be but three Christian denominations in the world,” an Episcopal bishop once said. ‘The Roman Catholics standing on one side for the authority of the church, and the Baptists standing ...

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 ...