Christian baptisms

A house church in China's coastal province was raided by police after six members were baptized over the Easter weekend. On April 16, Pastor Mao Zhibin of Trinity Gospel Harvest Church in Shenzhen and baptismal candidates drove for two…

By Brian Blackwell, editor of the Baptist Message BASILE, La. (LBM) — Multiple disasters in recent years might have discouraged members of First Baptist Church, Basil, but instead the congregation remained steadfast, according to the…

THE Philippines continues to have the highest number of Catholic baptisms compared to other places in the world, according to data published in the 2020 Annuarium Statisticum…

More than 21,000 new believers joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church during a two-week evangelistic series that swept through the Dominican Republic, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, from March 25 to…

(RNS) — In February 2021, Amina Massai Jefferson-Motley wore a white shirt and pants for her baptism. Her mother stood nearby as an associate minister from First Baptist Church in Glenarden questioned the little girl about her Christian…

It was more than a five-hour drive from southwest Indiana after her brother-in-law's funeral that Donna Pittman decided it was time to be baptized."I'm getting older and I want to live my life for God and help others. ... I can turn things…

Screenshot via YouTube @GameMan08 For most pastors and church leaders, Easter is the most anticipated Sunday morning worship service of the year. Easter also holds many memorable!-->…

LVIV, Ukraine (BP) – Nearly a month into Russia's war on Ukraine, Yarsolav "Slavik" Pyzh, a Southern Baptist-trained church planter and educator, has had a normal day. “This Sunday was probably one of my normal days in the last 29 days,”…

By Brian Blackwell, editor of the Baptist Message NEW ORLEANS, La. (LBM) – Despite an outbreak of weather disasters amid a global pandemic, Baptists in Louisiana have continued to sow and reap in 2021. According to the church's annual…

The Bishop of Essen, Germany, last Saturday appointed 18 lay pastoral and parish workers — 17 women and one man — as extraordinary baptismal ministers.The lay ministers received a four-day training from the diocese's head of faith, liturgy…

In early February, the Bishop of Phoenix, Thomas Olmsted, said the baptisms performed by Fr. Andres Arango during the years of ministry in the diocese are disabled, and the priest resigned as pastor of a local parish.…

I was very distressed by people's objections to the Roman Catholic Church using its authority over invalid baptisms (Lima News, February 22). In the case of baptism, Matthew quotes Jesus as commanding the 11 disciples: “Go therefore and…

Leanne claims her holy ground in a chilling Servant Season 3 Episode 6 that pits Pastor Nancy against the women of the house. Courtesy of Apple TV+ I wish I was taller; I wish I was a baller with endless amounts of time to obsess…

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By Leonard Blairsenior reporter | Tuesday, February 22, 2022Infant Baptism | unsplash/horizonstudiosNearly two years before thousands of Catholics learned earlier this month that their baptisms were invalidated because their priest…

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DETROIT (AP) — A word caught the ear of a young priest a few years ago when his father shared a video of his…

DETROIT (AP) — A word caught the ear of a young priest a few years ago when his father shared a video of his baptism in 1990 at a church in suburban Detroit."Wait," Reverend Matthew Hood remembers thinking. "Something doesn't seem right…

Students and family members thronged the stage to show their support for those who dedicate their lives to Christ. Credit: Provided by Upper Columbia Academy Next > Upper Columbia…

The Southern Baptist Convention fell on hard times last year, with a controversial sex abuse investigation, racial tensions and a dip in the number of baptisms in the United States. But amidst the gloom, there was a silver lining:…

Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, Brisbane Adventist College (BAC) in Queensland, Australia ended 2021 on a high, with 12 students baptized in a single event, for a total of 21 baptisms throughout the year. 'year.With a room…

February 17, 2022, 3:50 a.m.Updated 6 hours agoBy: News 12 StaffThousands of Catholic baptisms have been ruled invalid because an Arizona priest used the wrong word during the ceremony.The situation threatens not only baptisms, but the…

When is a baptism not a baptism?When the cleric presiding over the ceremony alters the ritual language in such a fundamental way that it undermines its meaning, according to the Vatican.And even changing a single crucial pronoun can…

(NewsNation Now) - A Catholic priest in Arizona has resigned following a church investigation that determined he performed thousands of invalid baptisms throughout his 20-year career. Baptisms were deemed invalid due to the…

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PHOENIX (Arizona's Family/Gray News) - Baptisms performed by a priest in Arizona are not valid because of a single word, the bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix has said. The priest involved is the Reverend Andres Arango, and the word in…

Reverend Andres Arango was conducting a baptism at St. Gregory's Catholic Church in Phoenix last year when some people in the pews heard a slight variation in the religious ritual.“We baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and…

Denver Newsroom, Feb 11, 2022 / 5:19 p.m. Baptism involves a simple formula: “I baptize you in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. The celebrant pours water over the heads of the baptized, or immerses them in…

A priest with more than two decades of service in several congregations has resigned "with a heavy heart" following revelations that he performed baptisms incorrectly.Father Andres Arango, who recently served in the Roman Catholic Diocese…

PHOENIX — Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted of Phoenix said baptisms performed by a priest during years of ministry in the diocese are invalid, prompting the pastor's resignation Feb. 1. In a Jan. 14 letter to the diocese, Olmsted said diocesan…

The decades-old Vatican tradition of baptisms in the magnificent, frescoed Sistine Chapel resumed on Sunday after the COVID-19 pandemic led to the ceremony being canceled last year. Pope Francis performed the ceremony…

By Brian Blackwell, editor of the Baptist Message LEESVILLE, La. (LBM) – Several Baptist churches in Louisiana ended 2021 on high notes with baptismal celebrations. CANAAN BAPTIST Vernon Baptist Association missions director Morris Goins…

Amid growing attacks on minorities across India, Christians have resorted to clandestine religious gatherings and secret baptisms due to fear of Hindutva crowds. Christian minorities feel more threatened in central and northern India,…

When I say "good news" I am referring to a New York Times story which is quite funny and has tons of good information. However, it's a story that takes a trend in some of those giant, modernized evangelical mega-churches and tries to make…

Through Nicole alcindor, CP Reporter | Tuesday, December 14, 2021Unsplash / Thays OrricoA Catholic Diocese in Michigan has ordered its priests not to perform Catholic baptisms, confirmations, and other sacraments on trans-identified or…

PROSPECT HEIGHTS - For the next three years, if Catholic families in the Archdiocese of Catania in Italy want to baptize their babies, they will have to do so without a godfather and godmother. Godfathers Filippo Bacarella (left) and…

Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, visit the Hills of Elijah in Jordan, near the spot Christians…

DDubbed “Earth’s Final Countdown,” the first leg of the Integrated Evangelism Series concluded in the Philippine International Church at the Adventist University of the Philippines in Silang, Cavite on November 6. 2021. Adventist Church…

Tonya Meck says she liked to make people's faces blush. “I lived a very ungodly life and bragged about what I had done,” she explained. "I loved the shock and the awe." Meck grew up in and out of…

AMERICA/REP. DOMINICAN - From the first baptisms in America to the missionary commitment of all the baptized Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the!-->!-->…

Catholic Church leaders ban baptismal godparents in an Italian diocese, fearing the role is more unpleasant than sacred - and could be exploited by the Mafia. Religious leaders in Catania have banned naming…

“And then reproach his brothers for not having listened to the Holy Word of God,” recalled his mother Karen Crozier. “He was tapping on that Bible and he was like, 'Mom, these guys…

Broken Arrow Public Schools violated the United States Constitution by allowing a local church to baptize student athletes and coaches following football practice, according to a national advocacy…

By DIANA CHANDLER, Baptist Press FALMOUTH, Ky. (BP) - When he was just 8 years old, pastor of Trinity Southern Baptist Church, Abram Crozier, walked the streets of his neighborhood of Falmouth,…

FALMOUTH, Ky. (BP) - When he was just 8 years old, Abram Crozier, pastor of Trinity Southern Baptist…

Editor's Note: Sunday, September 12 is Baptism Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention.BETHLEHEM, GA (BP)…

By ROGER ALFORD, The Christian Index Editor's Note: Sunday, September 12 is Baptism Sunday in the Southern Baptist Convention. BETHLEHEM, Georgia (BP) - As the pastor of one of Georgia's most…

By Brian Blackwell, Baptist message personal writer HOUMA, La. (LBM) – Pastor Steve Folmar baptized at least one new convert during Sunday morning worship services from March 7 to June 6 at First Baptist Church, Houma, and 76 collectively…

It WAS normal for the service to resume - and then some - at the church in Noddfa this weekend. Pastor John baptized 15 people on Sunday, the first church baptisms since before the pandemic began.…

In the north of the country, many tribal catechumens received the sacrament during the rites of Holy Week. “In the past, I loved nature, the sun and the trees,” said one of them, “but…

By Brian Blackwell, Message personal writer PINEVILLE, La. (LBM) - John Sefcik occasionally attended church and on some days even read his Bible for the first 49 years of his life, but he hadn't been "fully" for Jesus, he said. -he said to…

Nine members, young and old, of the First Baptist Church in Lenoir City were baptized Sunday at the Tugaloo…

Lauderhill Police DepartmentA Florida mother who offered to baptize her neighbors shortly before her two young daughters were found floating dead in a Broward County canal three weeks ago was arrested Tuesday and now faces murder charges…

Churches are complying with the government's new advice to postpone Confirmation and First…

Daysha Hogan, 7, and Destiny Hogan * A Florida woman is considered a person of interest in the deaths of her two daughters who were found dead in a canal Tuesday. Lieutenant of the Lauderhill Police Department. Mike Bigwood confirmed…

While unlikely, spiritual renewal emerges from a maximum security prison in Guatemala during a pandemic. Before the pandemic, there was a Bible studies program for inmates run by the Crossroads prison ministries. But!-->…

Southern Baptists have seen an increase in church planting and have maintained relatively stable donation levels despite COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020. But overall, the denomination has seen another year of decline, the pandemic accelerating…

A new report has revealed that in 2020 the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) saw a decline in several key metrics, including baptisms, church membership and weekly church attendance.According to the most recent Church Annual Profile (ACP)…

As soon as Alisson could find some space after being assaulted by astonished teammates, he knelt down on the Hawthorns turf and then pointed at the sky. "Thank you, Lord," he whispered in Portuguese, as tears began to rise to his eyes.…

Pastor Steve Wells started a tradition at South Main Baptist Church. During a baptism, he first asks the family to stand in honor of the person about to receive the rite.Then he calls the whole assembly to stand up. It is a moving…

A pastor says what started out as a simple prayer on his porch has turned into a movement from God that has seen more than 1,000 people baptized since the end of December. Pastor Robby Gallaty of Long Hollow Baptist Church!-->…

Through Anugrah kumar, Christian Post Contributor | Sunday, April 18, 2021Robby Gallaty, senior pastor at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee | Long Hollow Baptist Church Pastor Robby Gallaty said his church had…

The spark that ignites the flame is not always so bright at first. This has certainly been true for Robby Gallaty, the senior pastor at Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, Tennessee, where 1,048 people have been baptized since…

A revival that began in December at a Nashville-area church has now lasted nearly four months, with over 1,000 baptisms and people coming to Christ long after the Sunday morning service ended.The congregation,…

There were more than 1.6 million children baptized in 2019, reports the Vatican.The Philippines, a country celebrating 500 years since the introduction of Christianity, is also the country with the most Catholic baptisms of children under…

The Archbishop of Cebu, José Palma, administering the sacraments to a child on April 11, 2021 at the Archdiocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The baptism is part of the celebrations of the 500 years of Christianity of…

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3,639 catechumens were baptized at Easter this year in France, against 4,468 in 2020. A drop due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has stopped some candidates for baptism in their tracks. The year 2021 for adult baptisms is…

Global faith membership rose 0.6% to 16.6 million.(File photo courtesy of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) A Latter-day Saint baptism before the pandemic in Africa. | April 3, 2021, 11:06 p.m. | Updated: April 4,…

All 15 active temples in Beehive State - along with dozens more - will reopen their baptistery next month.(Photo courtesy The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) The Baptistery at the Cedar City Temple. | March 29, 2021, 8:22…

“May this be one of the legacies of our celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the arrival of the Christian faith in our country,” says militant Bishop Broderick Pabillo of Manila.…

By DIANA CHANDLER, Baptist Press CALHOUN, Ga (BP) - Resa, the wife of Pastor Shane Parrott, wanted to know what had taken her to install a 16-foot wooden cross on the lawn of their home.…

Featured Image (Above): Four teenagers (including one off camera) prepare to give their lives to Christ in the village of Bonyancha, Kenya. Minister David Marube, right, baptized the teens after leading a Bible class for a new Church…

Normally on Good Friday in Westminster, the different Christian communities come together for a procession and prayers. Mazur / cbcew.org.uk Some of the most beloved Holy Week rituals will not take place this year due to…

Across the Nation is our monthly recap of Bits, Links, and Quotes from Churches of Christ across the United States. Do you have an idea for this column? Email Bobby Ross Jr. at Featured photo (above) Christians in Tennessee…

By SCOTT BARKLEY, Baptist Press HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee - Noah Iacob only lived for a week two years ago. But her story is intertwined with that of others as part of a revival taking place at…

HENDERSONVILLE, Tennessee - Noah Iacob only lived for a week two years ago. But her story is linked to…

Father Steven Ochieng of the missionary community of St Paul the Apostle in Benga, Malawi recently wrote:Even if it is now a dry season and despite the setback due to Covid-19, this weekend has been a blessing! Yesterday we celebrated 16…

IRAN - Iran is one of the most dangerous places in the world for Christians. Yet this Muslim nation is experiencing an unprecedented explosion of Christianity. Muslims who are fed up with Islam are becoming disciples of Jesus Christ in…

Some readers have already responded to news from the Vatican that changing the words of the baptismal formula renders the sacrament invalid. But a recent chronicle of the Jesuit Father. Thomas Reese has again sparked…

Three christenings took place at Texas Tech's softball facility under the direction of its former head coach, an internal investigation revealed Wednesday, just over a week after the coach's abrupt resignation amid…

Editor-in-chief | Lubbock Avalanche-JournalBy Josh PeterUNITED STATES TODAYWith the resignation of Texas Tech softball head coach Adrian Gregory on September 22, an internal review of the program was set to examine allegations of player…

Eric VANDEVILLEGetty Images How about taking a break and seeing how Holy Mother Church crap these days? Uh-oh. Of the information service on religion. The religion of Jesus is supposed to…

Praise leader Sean Feucht and his “Let Us Worship” tour arrived in Colorado this weekend where praise erupted in the mountainous region. Worshipers came to City Park in Fort Collins on Friday to be part…

September 11, 2020 In the South Pacific Islands, teachers and students celebrate Education Week.…

Through: Adventist Registry, and Adventist ReviewSTrans-Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) schools in the South Pacific Division (SPD) celebrated Adventist Education Week with gifts, songs and dozens of baptisms."Looking Beyond" was the theme of…

LOS ANGELES (RNS) - It is traditional for the children of Annmarie Juarez to receive their First Communion sacraments at St. Frances X Cabrini Church in San Bernardino County, where dozens of their family members gather to the…

Southern Manitoba recently had a revival tent meeting that included worshiping God through song, word and prayer. On August 18-19 during the evening, people from southern Manitoba were invited to join the reunion which!-->…

SALT LAKE CITY - For 25 years that Dustin Wilson and his family have lived in Utah, the annual regional convention of Jehovah's Witnesses at the Dee Events Center in Ogden each summer has been a much anticipated event. Not only is…

The southern California coast has always been a draw.On Friday evening, in locations scattered along the Orange County coast, hundreds of faithful Christians gathered, raising their hands to the sky and, for some, stepping into the cool…

ABOVE: Bethel Music's Sean Feucht appeared on Wednesday's edition of CBN Newswatch to talk more about the gathering and how God presents himself in the midst of chaos. Newswatch airs weekdays on the CBN news channel. The Power of God was…

Reading time: 4 minutesA woman and child are seen as Pope Francis celebrates Mass on the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican on January 12, 2020. PHOTO: CNS / Vatican Media Correct wording is essential…

By Hannah Brockhaus The Vatican's doctrinal office released a clarification on the sacrament of baptism on Thursday, saying changes to the formula to emphasize community participation are not permitted. The Congregation for the Doctrine…

Vatican City - Changing the words in the baptismal formula invalidates the sacrament, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has said. Concretely, a baptism administered with the formula "We baptize you ..."…

The formula of baptism, according to the Catholic Church, is "I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit".…

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Changing the words of the baptismal formula renders the sacrament invalid, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has said.Concretely, a baptism administered with the formula "We baptize you..." instead of "I…

Submitted photoNew believer Jordan Harris, center, celebrates his baptism at Journey Church with Luke Wycuff, left, pastor of Journey's Orange City, Fla., And member of the worship team, Tom Wycuff. Although he grew…

DECATUR - Among those who were baptized on Sunday at Lake Decatur were a mother, a daughter and a future son-in-law, two sisters and a father and daughter.For the second year in a row, First Christian Church hosted…

ORANGE CITY, Fla. (BP) - Although he grew up in church, Jordan Harris identified himself as an agnostic…