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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A baptism ceremony in the Mbashe river in South Africa's Eastern Cape province. CARL DE SOUZA/AFP via Getty Images Water is a ...

Residents of Flint, Michigan, still don’t drink the water. They drink bottled water. They use filters to purify the water that flows from their faucets. But after 10 full years, and much assurance ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Ruth Graham, The New York Times Company Russell Moore’s baptism in 1983 was a decorous occasion, or at least as decorous as possible when the main event ...

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Orthodox Church will continue immersing infants in water during baptism ceremonies, it said on Thursday, rejecting calls across the country to change the ritual after a ...

The pages of the baptismal section of my red hymnal are crinkled and yellowing. Today, it’s here, between pages 227 and 231, that I am encountering a dose of hope and direction. Whatever comes next ...

The church is facing growing pressure after the six-week-old baby was immersed three times before he went into cardiac arrest ...

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 ...