(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 ...
NASHVILLE -- Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country's largest Protestant denomination ...
This has been an unusual and exciting week: my congregation is about to baptize someone in our sanctuary for the first time in about eight years! For many churches, such a lengthy gap of time between ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country’s largest Protestant ...
COMMENTARY: Baptism makes us missionary disciples in communion with God and each other. As children of God, we are sent out ...
Annual baptisms in South­ern Baptist churches have declined by 100,000 in the past 12 years and last year dropped to the lowest number in 64 years. LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country's largest Protestant ...
The Celebrate Recovery program at Russell Springs First Baptist Church is not only helping people overcome addictions, but ...
Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country’s largest Protestant denomination fell slightly ...