WASHINGTON, Aug. 6 (UPI) -- Outdoor baptisms, once widespread in the rivers and deltas of America's South, are fast disappearing, researchers and ministers say. The outdoor baptisms have dwindled ...

LITTLE ROCK — Before the advent of indoor plumbing, congregations often turned to nature when it came time for baptisms. Church members would make the trek to a nearby river or lake to witness the ...

As the youngest, Katlyn Gosnell was the first to wade out into the Big Hungry River, her black-and-red dress swaying in the current Sunday. Pastor Doug Carroll pinched her nose shut and with support ...

"Take me to the water, take me to the water, take me to the water, to be baptized" – Southern baptismal hymn BEREA, Ohio -- For more than 20 years, the tradition has continued at Wallace Lake in Berea ...

Outdoor baptisms dwindling away in U.S. Once celebrated in spirituals and blues songs, and as common as Sunday school, baptism in rivers and deltas across the southern U.S. are rapidly disappearing, ...

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