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The story begins with two young Mormon women on a mission to baptize converts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024

He then excused himself to help baptize a woman near the stage.

From New York Times ● Feb. 3, 2024

The basilica Mass during the vigil of Christianity’s most important day has become an occasion for pontiffs to baptize several adults from around the world.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2023

A priest had come to her home to baptize her 4-month-old daughter, Nikol, who was scheduled to undergo lifesaving heart surgery the next day.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 2022

“Essie Susan,” I said, “I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. Amen.”

From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson

Miraculous moments in the story, such as water welling from a rock where Patrick later baptizes people, play out in a quiet tone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

But in an explanatory note accompanying its decision, it recalled that when a priest baptizes someone, it is actually Christ performing the sacrament, not the community.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022

Arkansas baptizes Texas in the cool, refreshing waters of SEC dominance.

From Fox News ● Sep. 12, 2021

The van that takes her from site to site is her conveyance; it is also her home — one she baptizes “Vanguard.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2021

With financial help from her boyfriend, she baptizes seven-year-old Diana.

From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario

Jim Rigby, who baptized Talarico and married his parents, remembers the youngster as a "calming presence."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

One option we floated, because I was baptized Catholic, was the iconic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

That same sea that baptized me is, for thousands of others, a grave.

From Salon ● Aug. 5, 2026

Vermeer was born in Delft amid the Wars of Religion and baptized in the Calvinist Reformed Church.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026

His father’s told him that he’s following in the footsteps of Jesus, who was baptized in the River Jordan by John the Baptist.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner

The Bible recounts John the Baptist preaching to a flock around the Jordan River and baptizing Jesus there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

They said Father Daghir suggested inviting his brother, a transitional deacon training to join his twin brother as a priest, to participate so that it would be “twins baptizing twins.”

From Washington Times ● Oct. 31, 2023

The Russian Orthodox church was established in Alaska on Kodiak Island in 1794 and missionaries spread the faith, baptizing an estimated 18,000 Alaska Natives.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 28, 2023

We like to merge worlds to create really absurd situations, so she was like, ‘What if it’s the NBA slam dunk contest, but with deacons baptizing babies at church?’

From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2023

“I am only baptizing in water, but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know. He is God’s Lamb, who is to remove the world’s sin.”

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver