And the Rev. Gregory Hughes has used it as a force for unity on St. Simons Island where his church hosts an annual open-water baptism on ... on June 16 to engage in prayer and 1,000 women to ...

Jesus says to the Samaritan women, “…whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst; the water I shall give will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life” (John 4:14).

Meanings of Baptism in the Catholic Church. Cleansing of Original Sin. The Catholic Church teaches that all humans are born with original sin, a legacy of Adam and Eve's disobedience.

Some emerge from the water laughing and smiling. Others shed tears. But whatever their reaction may be, one thing is always the same. Baptism is a deeply spiritual, emotional and reverential ...

At Grace Church in Waco, Texas, the Generation Z gender divide can be seen in the pews. It has the potential to reshape both politics and family life. Churchgoers watch a baptism at Grace Church ...

When 68 men and women from an indigenous community in Northern Kenya surrendered their lives to Jesus as part of an outreach and evangelism programme, they faced a difficult but common dilemma in ...

Through their Flint Water Relief Mission, Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, partnered with First Trinity for over two years, providing 20,000 cases of water to Flint residents ...

Pope Francis transformed women's roles in the Catholic Church without changing doctrine. His legacy: creating pathways for female leadership while maintaining tradition.