Liz Hess' painting of the Emmental area in Switzerland looks deceptively idyllic: Green pastures, snow-capped mountains, a church spire, grazing cows, gentle farms and a winding pathway. It's only the ...

Anabaptists — those who observe adult rather than infant baptism — define Lancaster County in many ways and yet remain a mystery in many ways. Why do the Amish live apart? Why do some Mennonite women ...

(UNDATED) In the early 16th century, groups of European Christians started splitting from the Roman Catholic Church in what is now known as the Protestant Reformation. But while Protestants and ...

In the early 16th century, groups of European Christians started splitting from the Roman Catholic Church in what is now known as the Protestant Reformation. But while Protestants and Catholics were ...

I serve one afternoon a week as a tour guide at MennoHof, the Amish and Mennonite information center in Shipshewana. The third audiovisual there presents a re-enactment of an adult believer’s baptism ...

Believer’s baptism and baptismal regeneration represent two distinct views on the role of water baptism in salvation. Believer’s baptism holds that baptism is an outward, symbolic act of obedience ...

Some churches say Baptism is optional, but the New Testament teaches it is integral to the life of faith. Movies and tv shows have probably included more scenes of baptism than any other distinctly ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (BP) -- Rick Warren, pastor of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif., and author of "The Purpose Driven Life," says that the 16th-century Anabaptists shaped his Purpose Driven ...