Quick Answer: Does a person need to be water baptized to be saved? What exactly is the purpose of baptism? While some teach that water baptism is necessary for salvation, Scripture makes the opposite ...

Every person who is born again should be baptized by what is called “the believer’s baptism.” The water resembles the burial of someone; a sort of “watery grave.” They are submerged into the water and ...

For as long as humans have prayed, they have probably prayed at water places. Water often moves us to wonder, joy, terror or peace, and many times, water—whether it ...

Yesterday’s reading at Mass contained that most marvelously pithy saying of John the Baptist from John’s gospel: “I must decrease. He must increase.” Today we see this play out in Luke’s account of ...

I was baptized in a swimming pool in my childhood pastor’s backyard. I was seven. Asked to make a confession of faith, I mumbled something incoherent through chattering teeth. I was focused on the ...

Revival is sweeping the shore! Over 7,000 people flooded the waters of Huntington Beach for the largest single-day baptism in American history — and this is just the beginning, with an even bigger ...

Rather than God’s spirit moving upon the water, Jesus entered and sanctified the water with his very fleshThe phrase “portal of grace” doesn’t appear in the Catechism, but it’s how I’ve always thought ...

Just as Jesus’ baptism launched his public ministry, our own baptisms ordinate us to a life of humble obedience and costly service. All four Gospels tell the story of Jesus’ baptism, as if every ...

The pastor who organized the largest baptism event in California history now has his sights set on an even grander campaign across America in 2025. The pastor who organized the largest baptism event ...