North Shelby Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala., celebrated six baptisms last year on Baptism Sunday, the annual Southern ...

The latest report from the SBC’s Lifeway Christian Resources shows total membership in SBC churches nationwide fell to 12,722 ...

He begins his public life after having himself baptized by St. John the Baptist in the Jordan ... in him you are saved. 25 Baptism in the Church 1226 From the very day of Pentecost the Church ...

Membership in the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) has fallen for the 18th consecutive year, with total membership now at 12 ...

Practiced by all Churches, baptism is a fundamental rite marking ... Some historians have thus considered that John the Baptist may have been influenced by this movement. Baptism has been the ...

Overall, the SBC fell to 12.7 million members in 2024, its lowest since 1974. The denomination has lost more members in the 4 ...

John the Baptist, of course, is known for having practiced baptism. But then ... see that to be a construct developed by the early church to help explain the relationship between the two.

In 2024, the Southern Baptist Convention baptized more new members than in any of the previous seven years but still saw an ...

A historic stained-glass window from the former St. John the Baptist Church now resides at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in ...

When I heard the words “spontaneous baptism” on December 15, 2020, I was caught off guard. For the previous 10 months, my ...