Sunday afternoons – a time to sit in the back yard, invite some friends over to the pool and baptize a few folks. Pardon me? At the Rev. Dave Downs’ house in east Orange County, the dove-shaped ...

The talents of three members of Meridian Church of God were on display Sunday when several members of the church were baptized in the pool they designed and built. "The three of us have known each ...

Police officers found a California man Sunday night naked and holding the lifeless body of his 4-year-old daughter, shortly after authorities say he drowned the girl in a baptismal pool at a Catholic ...

COLUMBUS, Miss. — When it came time for Sunday services at First Pentecostal Church in Columbus, Mississippi, the congregation was ready, but the church building had been blown apart by a tornado. The ...

The baptismal pool at one Florida church appears to be having an unusual impact on visitors, with an accused burglar and a search dog both ending up in the water, according to the Bay County Sheriff’s ...

A California father suspected of drowning his 4-year-old daughter in a church’s baptismal pool was arrested after he carried her lifeless body to a nearby police department, authorities said. Gerardo ...

A Northern California man was arrested on suspicion of drowning his 4-year-old daughter in a baptismal pool in a church and then carrying her body to a nearby police station, authorities said Monday.

HEALDSBURG, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man was arrested on suspicion of drowning his 4-year-old daughter in a baptismal pool in a church and then carrying her body to a nearby police station, ...