A scheduled vote on making baptism by immersion a requirement for church membership did not come to a vote at Henderson Hills Baptist Church Sunday. Instead, the church’s executive pastor, Kim Swyden, ...

New Liberty Baptist Church in Owen County has been experiencing a season of renewal and revival. Over the past two weeks, seven new believers have ...

Faith Baptist Church has enjoyed exponential growth during the last 30 months, said senior pastor Josh Rayborn, who took over ...

Asking a Baptist preacher to baptize is like asking Colonel Sanders if he wants a bucket of chicken. Somebody’s going to get dunked. So when a football coach in Villa Rica, Georgia asked to be ...

Zion Baptist Church’s congregation is closing its 150th year in prayer. The church is holding a New Year’s Eve celebration and baptism from 10 p.m. to midnight, according to its website. The church, ...

Partisans of infant baptism probe a middle way. Supporters of believers’ baptism worry about youth. Here a Lutheran theologian defends “believers’ baptism of infants” while a Southern Baptist ...

A ramp where fishermen cast their lines and jet skis are launched served another purpose this weekend as a pilgrimage of cars rolled to the water’s edge. “Take us to the water,” said one woman as the ...

For several years, membership in Southern Baptist churches has been in decline. The American denomination hit its peak in 2005 with 16.6 million members, and since then, communities have seen a steady ...