The more than half a million people who visit the Jordan River site of Jesus’ baptism each year may be dunking in effluent water and subjecting themselves to serious health risks, an ...

But there is a real edge to the war of the baptism sites between the two countries that lie either side of the Jordan River. Israel's strongest competitive offering has traditionally been the site at ...

Columbia's Ashley Tabernacle Church of God in Christ will host its 66th annual baptism by immersion in the Susquehanna River for Pennsylvania COGIC congregations from 3 to 6:30 p.m. Sunday.

Elliott Jr., 87, has been the pastor of King Solomon Missionary Baptist Church since 1961 and has tried to keep the tradition alive, holding occasional river baptisms, much like his own years ago ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints has promised to ... activities conducted its first baptism of converts in Nigeria in 1978 in a river in Ikot Eyo, Nsit Ubium. Its Director of ...