(WLOX) - Songs of praise and worship rang through First Missionary Baptist Church ... It saw its first baptism at Bayou Bernard. The land which hosts the church was donated for worship purposes ...

We also have references to him in the Jewish historian, Josephus, who was writing toward the end of the first ... John the Baptist, of course, is known for having practiced baptism.

The celebration of baptism is a way of showing that this belief exists, and the person wishes to be totally committed to the will of God. In the Baptist Church only believers are baptised by full ...