Beneath a cloudless sky on a recent Sunday afternoon, John Oswald made a public profession of his Christian faith as he stood in the waters of Lake Michigan. Oswald, 43, of Libertyville, is a member ...

At an Easter Vigil service last week at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in Westlake Village, 30 converts sat in a pool of water and lay back under the surface. One at a time, their brown robes ...

DEMOREST, Ga. - "Take me to the river," the saying still resonates in some Southern churches where the tradition of river baptism remains alive. The chilly, rapid waters of north Georgia's ...

Back in the old days when Alaska had summer, I got up on a bright, warm morning and headed for the Daily News on foot. I had been reading a memoir by a prominent New York writer and pieces of it were ...

In the New Testament, Matthew 3:13-17 recounts John the Baptist's ministry of preaching and baptizing in the name of repentance to prepare the way of the Lord. Theologian David F. Wells, in his ...

A parish priest has been sacked after touching two people without their consent and stripping down to his boxer shorts to conduct a “full immersion” baptism. A Diocese of Hereford disciplinary ...

A married priest has been sacked after touching two people without their consent and holding a "full immersion" baptism wearing nothing but his underwear. Revd Clive Roger Evans, 62, stripped down to ...

Reverend Clive Roger Evans, 62, of Hereford, touched a woman's bottom and stripped down to his boxer shorts to carry out the baptism, a disciplinary tribunal found Revd Clive Roger Evans, 62, ...