As I was participating in the burial of my dear mother Mama Reggie Molokwu in the third week of April 2013, I had the good pleasure of partaking in the water baptism of another dear mother in the ...

Lisa Matt was 16 years old when she began life-guarding at the pool in the Lancaster YWCA at East Orange and Lime streets. From 1980 to 1984, she oversaw lap swimming, swim lessons and water aerobics.

"Take me to the water, take me to the water, take me to the water, to be baptized" – Southern baptismal hymn BEREA, Ohio -- For more than 20 years, the tradition has continued at Wallace Lake in Berea ...

I don’t remember learning much about the Christian season of Lent as a child. I know it was mentioned. I remember the word being spoken. I remember that you were supposed to give up chocolate from ...

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 ...

Q. Do any scriptures teach that baptism is necessary for salvation? Rev. Justin Laib, Chicago, Illinois A. There are two kinds of baptism; one is necessary for salvation, the other is not. The Bible ...