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 ...

"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 ...

As an evangelical Christian of the Baptist denomination who believes in believer’s baptism by immersion, I’ve never believed that a little dab’ll do ya, but the recent news coming out of Phoenix, ...

MENTOR, Minn. -- Cody Olson wanted to go the whole enchilada in his baptism Sunday in the waters of Maple Lake, choosing "full immersion," over having water simply poured over his head. Cody Olson, 12 ...

ZEELAND – Seven-year-old Garrison Sprick remembers the day his family brought home his adopted younger brother, 6-year-old Simon, from China. Sleeping on their bunk beds, the only way they could ...

The Baptism of the Lord closes the Christmas season. The next day begins the First Week of Ordinary Time, Lent following in five weeks on Feb. 17. The Christmas season is full of theophanies, i.e., ...

More on this event’s timeline, context and relationship with the university’s space standards below. Plus, read comments from involved athletes and attendees. Between 800-1,000 people congregated to ...