A scheduled vote on making baptism by immersion a requirement for church membership did not come to a vote at Henderson Hills Baptist Church Sunday. Instead, the church’s executive pastor, Kim Swyden, ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism we ...

"I don’t think my feet touched the floor at the Easter vigil of 1994," recalls Jennifer Pixler of Maryland. "I felt such love, knowing that God was wiping out all my sins when I was baptized." ...

Small gatherings due to social distancing heighten the appreciation for the sacrament itself, families have found. Above, a new member of the Church is welcomed: L-R, godparents Charlie and Rebecca ...

Baptism is one of the seven sacraments of the Catholic Church and the first of the sacraments of Christian initiation, followed by Confirmation and the Eucharist. According to the Holy Scriptures and ...

In one of his last acts as Pope, Benedict XVI approved changed wording in the rite of baptism which emphasizes "the Church of God" as the community into which the baptized individual has been ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X POTTSTOWN>> The winter of 1857-58 was brutally cold. Temperatures stayed so low for so long that ...

FLEMINGTON - Cherryville Baptist Church held its annual riverside baptism Sunday morning. This is the third year the church has done the riverside baptism, which took place alongside the Raritan River ...

Nov. 9 (UPI) --The Catholic Church will allow transgender adults to be baptized under the same terms as any other person eligible to receive the holy sacrament so long as it does not bring scandal to ...

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For the small congregation, the Eaton fire was a test of faith. In all, 20 church members lost their homes. Another 20 were ...