Gerstner replied, “If the baby is innocent, then why are we baptizing him?” This anecdote captures something of the ...

St. Basil the Great (330-379) believed in “the baptism of salvation” and “being saved through baptism” and asked, “In what way are we saved? Plainly because we were regenerated through ...

The celebration of baptism is a way of showing that this belief exists, and the person wishes to be totally committed to the will of God. In the Baptist Church only believers are baptised by full ...

At Grace Church in Waco, Texas, the Generation Z gender divide can be seen in the pews. It has the potential to reshape both ...

First Baptist Church of Simpsonville in South Carolina performed over 140 baptisms in one Sunday this month, a feat its ...

Christ's Baptism 1223 All the Old Covenant prefigurations find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus. He begins his public life after having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan.

to make oneself pure ... to be right with God. John the Baptist, of course, is known for having practiced baptism. But then, so did lots of other people. We hear of other groups around this time ...

to make oneself pure ... to be right with God. John the Baptist, of course, is known for having practiced baptism. But then, so did lots of other people. We hear of other groups around this time ...

That we believe and practice all He has taught. Q. 626. Did not St. John the Baptist institute the Sacrament of Baptism? A. St. John the Baptist did not institute the Sacrament of Baptism ...

But through his time swept a hot blast of evangelism, chiefly in the Methodist and Baptist faiths ... and I believe immersion to be baptism taught in the Word of God, and I demand it at your ...

It restored and recovered the ancient practice of the church which was to baptise by full immersion in water. Baptists reject infant baptism, thinking instead that baptism is for believers only - ...

The Church's doctrinal office also said trans people could be godparents at a baptism and witnesses at a wedding. The move follows attempts by Pope Francis to make the Church more welcoming to ...