When the young woman learned that her baptism into the Roman Catholic Church would be a thorough dousing, her reaction was short and blunt "Aaagh!" "You will get very wet," Monsignor Gerald Wilkerson ...

Beneath a cloudless sky on a recent Sunday afternoon, John Oswald made a public profession of his Christian faith as he stood in the waters of Lake Michigan. Oswald, 43, of Libertyville, is a member ...

At an Easter Vigil service last week at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in Westlake Village, 30 converts sat in a pool of water and lay back under the surface. One at a time, their brown robes ...

In the New Testament, Matthew 3:13-17 recounts John the Baptist's ministry of preaching and baptizing in the name of repentance to prepare the way of the Lord. Theologian David F. Wells, in his ...

DEMOREST, Ga. - "Take me to the river," the saying still resonates in some Southern churches where the tradition of river baptism remains alive. The chilly, rapid waters of north Georgia's ...

A parish priest has been sacked after touching two people without their consent and stripping down to his boxer shorts to conduct a “full immersion” baptism. A Diocese of Hereford disciplinary ...

A married priest has been sacked after touching two people without their consent and holding a "full immersion" baptism wearing nothing but his underwear. Revd Clive Roger Evans, 62, stripped down to ...

My mum, in consultation with our bishop, decided to postpone my baptism until after I got home from Brownie camp. Mormons like to baptise their children as soon as possible after their eighth birthday ...