First Baptist Church, Capitol Hill can trace its roots back to before the Civil War and during the Civil Rights Movement served as a center local efforts toward desegregation. The church ...

In a series of decisions on abuse reform and the status of women pastors, Southern Baptist voting delegates, called messengers, refined what it means to be an autonomous church and still affiliate ...

Most Baptist churches have a baptistery, which is more or less a pool (about 4m by 3m) in the church. During a baptismal service the minister and the person being baptised enter the water.