(RNS) — During last month’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, debates about if women can serve as pastors dominated the business sessions and national news coverage. But at multiple Baptist ...

Senior Emily Brierly of St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip, N.Y., offers a reflection at the end of Mass Nov. 22 at the Dominican Sisters' motherhouse in Amityville, N.Y. during ...

An attempt at tightening constitutional limits on women’s authority in churches affiliated with an influential Presbyterian denomination narrowly failed over concerns about the effect on governance ...

Servant of God Sister Thea Bowman pictured in an undated photo. (CNS photo/Michael Hoyt) “I had the great privilege of never having a man formally teach me preaching,” boasts Manuel Williams about his ...

Modern people tend to immediately regard “outcasts” as victims of intolerance — it’s one of our more spiritually generous reflexes. But often enough, the distinction is well earned. It’s likely we’ve ...

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Dear Lee: Paul writes in Scripture that he doesn't permit a woman to teach or have authority over a man (I Timothy 2:12), and we are to follow his example in everything (I Corinthians 4:16).

There is work to do and some of those God has called to do it are female, Pentecostal leaders say. The Assemblies of God (AG) has ordained, on average, more than 5 women per week every week for the ...

Stepping inside the chapel at the R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility, Aaron Buttery was transformed. As the often-forgotten, neglected and reviled men shuffled to worship in San Diego’s only state ...