DECATUR, Alabama – The baptistery where a child drowned two days earlier weighed heavily on Bishop TD Strong as he led Pentecostal House of Prayer in worship with a difficult message from Philippians ...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Brayden King, who drowned in a church baptistery Friday, was a "prayer baby," whose mother had prayed and tried for years to have a son, the family's pastor said today. Bishop ...

It is an iconic landmark in Florence drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors every year, yet the origins of the Baptistery of St John have long been shrouded in mystery. Now new research has shed ...

Rachel Bocobo is baptized in a horse trough at The Source Wichita, one of several churches using creative baptisteries. Courtesy photo Rachel Bocobo remembers being baptized twice in traditional ...

Mr. Danziger is an independent art historian based in Florence, Italy. Across from the Florence Cathedral in Italy stands a much older church, the Baptistery of San Giovanni. It is a beloved center of ...

The 800-year-old mosaics that decorate Florence’s famous Baptistery are being repaired for the first time in more than 100 years. Precious mosaics in Florence are undergoing restoration. But instead ...

Archaeologists in southeastern France have uncovered the remains of an early Christian cathedral and a remarkably preserved baptistery dating back more than 1,500 years, which they are calling one of ...

A restorer works on the mosaic ceiling at the Baptistery of San Giovanni, one of the most ancient churches in Florence. (Photo by Vincenzo PINTO / AFP) Restorers launched a groundbreaking project in ...