Obviously, Baptists pay close attention to baptism statistics, along with trends on church attendance and membership. In a new report, Lifeway dug into Southern Baptist Convention Annual Church ...

Pope Leo plans to discuss the phenomenon with local church officials during his visit to France.

In my previous article, the concept of faith alone as forensic justification (FAFJ) was shown to be unknown to early Christians. They may have placed the words “faith” and “alone” together in a ...

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 ...

A multisite church in North Carolina baptized 458 people in a single day, setting a record in the congregation s 137-year ...

The early Church Fathers consistently affirmed the Catholic (and scriptural) belief about baptism, viewing it as a sacrament for the remission of sins and the regeneration of the soul. I aim to offer ...

Receiving members from churches of other denominations can cause Baptist pastors stress. Conversations about baptism, the ...

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Infant baptism was practiced from the beginning of Church history. The principles behind it are articulated in the New Testament, and we have explicit documentation of it from the second century on.

The Vatican's decision in August to clarify the formula that should be used in the Catholic rite of baptism attracted unusual interest after it caused something of a theological head-scratcher. A ...

In some evangelical churches, a once-staid ritual is returning to its informal roots — and things sometimes get “a little rowdy” along the way. Waves crashing over Paul Allen and Jimmy Scroggins of ...