I was baptized in a swimming pool in my childhood pastor’s backyard. I was seven. Asked to make a confession of faith, I mumbled something incoherent through chattering teeth. I was focused on the ...

Peruvian Indigenous spirituality joins Spanish Catholicism, the latter being cemented onto what was already there. A celestial Christ looks over a terrestrial river possessing a Runasimi name – ...

Hundreds of churches will partner with Baptize California to host baptisms across the state, the largest at beachside in Huntington Beach, California. After last year’s successful Baptize SoCal event, ...

More than 200 people were baptized Saturday at Marlins Park. The water baptisms were part of a three-day “Love Never Fails” International Convention of Jehovah’s Witnesses. “Making a personal ...

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 ...

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 ...