At Redwood United Methodist Church outside of Rocky Mount, the majority of baptisms are performed in the sanctuary from a bowl in a baptismal font. But on Sunday, with temperatures struggling to reach ...

Exploring their sacraments, rituals and outreach that promote reconciliation with God and among people, Catholic and Methodist experts acknowledged in a new document that divided Christians "fall ...

Laura McMasters, a longtime campus minister, performed her first baptism in February—welcoming an international student into the Christian faith and United Methodist community. McMasters, a deacon, ...

The Rev. Anne Robertson has baptized more infants and youngsters than she can count in her past years as a United Methodist minister in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Florida. But the Plymouth ...

FALL RIVER — Union United Methodist Church, 600 Highland Ave., will celebrate the baptism of the Lord. The sermon for this week which is based on Matthew 3:13-17, is titled “Who Needs Baptism?” ...

And how might you use your influence as a lay or clergy leader in your congregation to strengthen baptismal living among the people you serve? The First United Methodist Church of Blairstown will ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church celebrated a historic baptism this morning. Michael Feng, the great-grandson of Charlie Jones Soong, was baptized in the same font as ...

SUMRALL, Miss. (WLBT/Gray News) - A young couple in Mississippi who recently tried to have their newborn baptized said they were refused by the reverend. Kamri Mclendon lives with her boyfriend of two ...

Near the end of an ecumenical service at Sudbury United Methodist Church Sunday, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, dipped his thumb into a glass bowl of consecrated ...

Episcopal Bishop Greg Brewer is scheduled to meet Thursday evening with two gay parishioners whose son was denied baptism at a downtown church. “I want to get to know them as people and for them to ...

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