WASHINGTON — Representatives of the U.S. bishops’ conference and four Reformed Christian denominations have publicly affirmed that they recognize each other’s baptisms as valid. “We are overjoyed at ...

"The Christian community welcomes you," the priest said to my son, George DeSales, on his baptism in St. Barnabas Parish's Holy Spirit chapel, following the rubric of the rite of baptism. That phrase ...

Pastor Greg Laurie of Harvest Christian Fellowship recently baptized 4,500 people at Pirate's Cove Beach in Corona Del Mar, California — the site of the "Jesus Movement" baptisms in the 1960s. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This week, TheBlaze explored the potential reasons behind decreasing church attendance rates in recent years. While there's ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a warm Sunday afternoon, thousands of people converged on a private cove in Southern California for a spiritual rebirth, part ...

For as long as humans have prayed, they have probably prayed at water places. Water often moves us to wonder, joy, terror or peace, and many times, water—whether it ...

Before baptizing 16 babies in the Sistine Chapel, Pope Francis reminded parents and godparents of their responsibility to care for and preserve the Christian identity the infants were about to receive ...

Israel's Foreign Ministry is establishing a dedicated group headed by its special envoy to the Christian world to prepare for ...