Baptisms

The section entitled "Baptisms" deals accordingly with many sad instances of "base-born" children, and the section on "Marriages" also has its full share of kindred instances in which the union in Church has only been brought about by pressure from the parish authorities.

English Men of Letters: Crabbe Alfred Ainger 1870

"Take Me to the Water: Photographs of River Baptisms," drawn from an archive of photographs of river baptisms donated by collectors Janna Rosenkranz and Jim Linderman, is a revealing exhibit both about the rituals themselves and how they were portrayed.

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

"Take Me to the Water: Photographs of River Baptisms," drawn from an archive of photographs of river baptisms donated by collectors Janna Rosenkranz and Jim Linderman, is a revealing exhibit both about the rituals themselves and how they were portrayed.

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

"Take Me to the Water: Photographs of River Baptisms," drawn from an archive of photographs of river baptisms donated by collectors Janna Rosenkranz and Jim Linderman, is a revealing exhibit both about the rituals themselves and how they were portrayed.

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

Giving rises 2.3% to $1.36 billion in 2008, supporting 10,500 missionaries engaging 1,200 people groups. 4th consecutive year of decline in Baptisms (dropping 1.1% to 342,198 baptisms).

Baptist giving rises, baptisms fall 2009

"Take Me to the Water: Photographs of River Baptisms," drawn from an archive of photographs of river baptisms donated by collectors Janna Rosenkranz and Jim Linderman, is a revealing exhibit both about the rituals themselves and how they were portrayed.

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

"Take Me to the Water: Photographs of River Baptisms," drawn from an archive of photographs of river baptisms donated by collectors Janna Rosenkranz and Jim Linderman, is a revealing exhibit both about the rituals themselves and how they were portrayed.

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

"Take Me to the Water: Photographs of River Baptisms," drawn from an archive of photographs of river baptisms donated by collectors Janna Rosenkranz and Jim Linderman, is a revealing exhibit both about the rituals themselves and how they were portrayed.

Exhibit Wades Into The Water Of River Baptisms Bryan Maygers 2011

Baptisms and the sacrament of marriage were by appointment only.

Unoriginal Sin - III 2010

Baptisms in the nation's largest Protestant denomination totaled 349,737 last year, a 2 percent increase from 2008, according to LifeWay Christian Resources, a division of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Southern Baptist Baptisms Up, Membership Down 2010