In the best of our Baptist traditions, baptism is both an individual act and a communal act.

First Baptist Church of Fort Oglethorpe is at 2645 LaFayette Road and has a traditional service at 10 a.m. and a contemporary service at 11 a.m. Bible Studies meet all over campus at 9 a.m.

Yet, at the Community of Faith Church’s first-ever outdoor baptism for the homeless, “Alive by Faith,” a long line wound toward the portable baptismal pools, where one by one, men and women stepped ...

The early Church Fathers consistently affirmed the Catholic (and scriptural) belief about baptism, viewing it as a sacrament for the remission of sins and the regeneration of the soul. I aim to offer ...