(RNS) — Churches from Africa to Europe to Asia are registered to participate in Baptize the World, while the Museum of the ...

Southern Baptist churches saw sustained growth in attendance and baptisms, but the two-decade membership decline continued in ...

(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 ...

Southern Baptist membership sank last year to its lowest level since 1973, even as the United States’ largest Protestant ...

For centuries, Christians have debated an important question. Can someone truly follow Jesus without baptism? Some churches ...

(RNS) — Reported baptisms declined in eight of the last 10 years and dropped by more than 100,000 since 2009, according to the denomination's Annual Church Profile. (RNS) — Weather permitting, 10 ...

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.

POTTSTOWN>> The winter of 1857-58 was brutally cold. Temperatures stayed so low for so long that by February the Schuylkill River at Pottstown was frozen solid. With ice stretching unbroken from bank ...

(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 ...

Partisans of infant baptism probe a middle way. Supporters of believers’ baptism worry about youth. Here a Lutheran theologian defends “believers’ baptism of infants” while a Southern Baptist ...