Choosing to be baptized as an adult, thereby dedicating your life to the Christian faith, is an important and serious decision one makes with their heart, their mind, their faith, their family ...

Adult Baptism for All Christians. John R. Donahue August 13, 2001. ... it is a recollection of Jesus’ baptism (immersion) into suffering and death, and the anguish it caused him.

Adult baptism reminds us that God can make all things new, however old or broken they may seem. It’s beautiful, too, to see mature adults embrace the faith with their developed rational faculties.

A file photo shows a catechumen being baptized during the Easter Vigil. Over 12,000 people, adults and adolescents, were baptized in France during the Easter Vigil March 30, 2024, a record number ...

Just like being “born again,” the symbol of baptism is a way of life, not a repetitive ritual. Since I was baptized at the age of eight by my pastor father, I haven’t really lingered on the ...

Some say that it is right for baptism to be carried out even six weeks after a child is born while others have contrary opinions, ... Rwanda: Infant or Adult Baptism? 14 July 2013.

Russell Moore’s baptism in 1983 was a decorous occasion, or at least as decorous as possible when the main event consists of being plunged underwater in front of one’s entire church.

1. Are the Amish a cult? No. As a Christian church they follow the basic tenets of Christian faith; however, they emphasize adult baptism, simplicity, community, separation from popular culture ...

Vienna, Austria, Oct 22, 2021 / 13:00 pm. Eleven people from Afghanistan are among the 27 adults who will soon be baptized as Catholics in Austria’s Vienna archdiocese.

At Easter 10,384 adults were baptised, a jump of 46% on last year and nearly double the number in 2023. This was the highest since France’s Conference of Bishops began such records 20 years ago.