NASHVILLE -- Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country's largest Protestant denomination ...
(RNS) The sprinkling-style baptism of a Dayton, Ohio, infant—a scene heartwarming and commonplace for Catholics and many mainline Protestants—is touching off accusations of doctrinal heresy in the ...
Annual baptisms in Southern Baptist churches have declined by 100,000 in the past 12 years and last year dropped to the lowest number in 64 years. LifeWay Christian Resources of the Southern Baptist ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. | Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country’s largest Protestant ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country's largest Protestant ...
For several years, membership in Southern Baptist churches has been in decline. The American denomination hit its peak in 2005 with 16.6 million members, and since then, communities have seen a steady ...
Fernwood Baptist Church of Spartanburg Tuesday became the fifth church in the state to be removed from their county's Baptist association for not requiring baptism by immersion of members previously ...
When 17 year-old Cody Haynes slowly waded into the baptismal pool at Immanuel Baptist Church in Talladega, he did not know he was defying a trend leaders within the Southern Baptist Convention have ...
Leaders cite missiological methods and the work of the Spirit as the reasons for the surprising statistics. During the COVID-19 pandemic ’s first year, the number of new believers harvested by the ...
At the same time, weekly worship attendance was up by nearly 4% to 4.5 million. The number of baptisms increased 5% to ...
The number of people baptized in Southern Baptist churches fell for the third straight year in 2007 to the denomination's lowest level since 1987, while total membership dropped by nearly 40,000.
Southern Baptist churches baptized fewer people in 2008 for the fourth year in a row to reach the lowest level since 1987, and membership in the country’s largest Protestant denomination fell slightly ...
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