"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 ...

WITH over 100 candidates already signed up for the 2012 Easter Water Baptism, members of the Bahamas Harvest Church expressed their excitement by saying "God is awesome". Never before has the church ...

DEMOREST, Ga. (AP) — 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 ...

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.

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 ...

My mum, in consultation with our bishop, decided to postpone my baptism until after I got home from Brownie camp. Mormons like to baptise their children as soon as possible after their eighth birthday ...