(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 ...
New Liberty Baptist Church in Owen County has been experiencing a season of renewal and revival. Over the past two weeks, ...
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 ...
-- Smile. Express true joy. Baptism is a holy ordinance, but it's also a joyful event. I love it when the church breaks into spontaneous cheers or applause. -- Get personal. One church invites their ...
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 ...
Asking a Baptist preacher to baptize is like asking Colonel Sanders if he wants a bucket of chicken. Somebody’s going to get dunked. So when a football coach in Villa Rica, Georgia asked to be ...
For several years, membership in Southern Baptist churches has been in decline. The American denomination hit its peak in 2005 with 16.6 million members, and since then, communities have seen a steady ...
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 ...
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