Kentucky Baptists are celebrating a surge in baptisms with 12,654 reported during the past reporting year (ending March 15).

Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of ...

This piece contains analysis of the 2023 Annual Church Profile (ACP). The 2024 ACP data will be released later this year.

The papal preacher urged cardinals and senior officials of the Roman Curia to remain firmly anchored in Christ through lives ...

Churches in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont grew in the number of congregants by ...

Christ's Baptism 1223 All the Old Covenant prefigurations find their fulfillment in Christ Jesus. He begins his public life after having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan.

Baptism is one of the most well-known rituals in Christianity. But what are the origins of this ritual? Did John the Baptist invent it himself?

Jesus was part of the crowd around John and was baptized by John. In Luke’s account, in prayer and subsequent to his baptism, ...

That we believe and practice all He has taught. Q. 626. Did not St. John the Baptist institute the Sacrament of Baptism? A. St. John the Baptist did not institute the Sacrament of Baptism ...