On the Sunday after Epiphany, the Scripture reading is always the familiar story of the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist. In the Presbyterian tradition, we generally baptize children, usually ...

Oklahoma Supreme Court says membership matters most in tortured ex-Muslim’s lawsuit. When churches face lawsuits, does their religious liberty hinge on whether or not their accuser is an official ...

Glenmoor Presbyterian Church welcomed a new life into the church by the Sacrament of Baptism on Sunday, Dec. 15. Alexander Thomas Goff was baptized with water from the River Jordan. Pictured with ...

A new policy has been introduced in the Presbyterian Church of Ireland that prevents anyone in a gay relationship from being a fully-fledged member of the church and having their children baptized.

Believer’s baptism and baptismal regeneration represent two distinct views on the role of water baptism in salvation. Believer’s baptism holds that baptism is an outward, symbolic act of obedience ...

The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed its February ruling against a Muslim convert to Christianity who sued the First Presbyterian Church downtown alleging he was abducted, tortured and ...

A few weeks ago, the American Catholic Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA) -- my spiritual home -- joined to become one church. Did you miss it? What happened was this: The Presbyterians -- not ...

Religious identity in the Synod of Ulster, 1770-1840. One of the more remarkable events in recent Irish history was the formation of a power-sharing government in Northern Ireland in 2007. Unionist ...

When 16-year-old Zach Nawyn-Hellinga stood before the congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Okemos in January, he wasn’t just reaffirming his baptism — he was claiming his name, his identity and ...