Since the beginning of Christianity, baptism and Jesus’ resurrection have been tied closely together. Easter Sunday — the day Christians celebrate the resurrection of Christ — has been a traditional ...

As Christians worldwide look toward a series of major 2,000-year milestones culminating in 2033, marking the death and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Recognition of common baptism has been fundamental to the ecumenical renewal and liturgical reform movement. The common texts of the various churches of the Western tradition reflect a common ...

"The Christian community welcomes you," the priest said to my son, George DeSales, on his baptism in St. Barnabas Parish's Holy Spirit chapel, following the rubric of the rite of baptism. That phrase ...

The Bible repeatedly and undeniably connects baptism to redemption and salvation. It also closely identifies baptism and justification. Recently, I realized this all the more, in answering a ...

Oklahoma Supreme Court rules against convert tortured in Syria after Tulsa church publicized his conversion online. It’s the stuff of Sherlock Holmes. Or of church nightmares. After a Syrian Muslim ...

The tattoo artist responds to Christians accusing her of "faking" her baptism and criticizing her appearance, before they doubled down on their hate, calling her new music video "a slap in the face ...

Russell Brand being baptised in the Thames has raised more than a few eyebrows. And the revelation he was flanked by his high profile pal Bear Grylls during the ceremony has caused a further stir. Yet ...

To many Christians the baptism of Jesus seems almost as much of an enigma as it did to the Baptist. It serves as a precedent for our own baptism. It also forms an introduction to Christ’s ministry.