At Redwood United Methodist Church outside of Rocky Mount, the majority of baptisms are performed in the sanctuary from a bowl in a baptismal font. But on Sunday, with temperatures struggling to reach ...

The Rev. Anne Robertson has baptized more infants and youngsters than she can count in her past years as a United Methodist minister in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Florida. But the Plymouth ...

Laura McMasters, a longtime campus minister, performed her first baptism in February—welcoming an international student into the Christian faith and United Methodist community. McMasters, a deacon, ...

Near the end of an ecumenical service at Sudbury United Methodist Church Sunday, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley, the Roman Catholic archbishop of Boston, dipped his thumb into a glass bowl of consecrated ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — The Fifth Avenue United Methodist Church celebrated a historic baptism this morning. Michael Feng, the great-grandson of Charlie Jones Soong, was baptized in the same font as ...

FALL RIVER — Union United Methodist Church, 600 Highland Ave., will celebrate the baptism of the Lord. The sermon for this week which is based on Matthew 3:13-17, is titled “Who Needs Baptism?” ...

The recent christening of Prince George, infant son of England's Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, has brought the traditional religious ceremony to the world ...

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