As of the end of June, record-high convert baptisms during the past 12 months marked a milestone year for The Church of Jesus ...

From July 2024 to June 2025, the Church had the most convert baptisms of any 12-month period in its history. The calendar ...

After discussions with Mokotoff and other Jewish leaders, the LDS church in 1995 established a rule barring baptisms of Holocaust victims except in rare cases where they are direct ancestors. It ...

The Roman Catholic Church declared Thursday that Mormon converts must be rebaptized, a setback to the Mormon Church's effort to characterize itself as a Christian denomination.

Mormon Church Limits Access to Controversial Baptism Records : The Two-Way The church's practice of posthumous baptism has been under fire recently after it came to light that some church members ...

Many religious rites in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints — from blessings and baptisms to confirmations and ordinations — are tactile experiences, requiring person-to-person ...

Youth who are 16 are ordained as preists in the LDS faith and currently can perform baptisms for living members at church or in other approved water. Mormons baptize by full immersion.

Mormon Baptism Controversy Now Includes Catholic Witness To Holocaust : The Two-Way Jan Karski's biographer, who credits him with providing the first detailed descriptions of the systematic ...

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will now allow women to be witnesses for temple sealings and baptisms. This historic change was announced Wednesday by the Church. The statement ...

In baptismal fonts in the 136 LDS Church temples that span the globe, temple ordinances for the dead take place every day but Sunday. So an overzealous or troublemaking Mormon in Sydney, ...

Mormons can participate in baptisms beginning at age 12, and the Mormon Explainer remembers being dunked repeatedly in a ceremonial tub on one of the lower levels of the Boston Temple.