In Paris, at our parish church of Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile, there is no waiting list or initiation fee, and my husband and I belong to a “club” whose “President” accepts your ...

“I can say that all who wish to unite with God through the sacrament of baptism are welcome in the United Methodist Church.” Mclendon wrote that the reverend’s letter was hurtful and ...

As discussed in a previous article, the early Church Fathers laid a strong foundation ... St. Basil the Great (330-379) believed in “the baptism of salvation” and “being saved through ...

The Holy Synod complaint was made in response to a letter to the church leadership from Metropolitan Bishop Antonios of Glyfada. He granted permission for the baptism of Dundas and Bousis ...

Incorporation into the Church By receiving baptism, a person becomes a member ... Saint Paul, in the Letter to the Romans (6:3-4), explains that through baptism we participate in the death and ...