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 ...

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(WBIR- Sevier County) One East Tennessee woman is keeping the old tradition of circuit preaching alive in the area. Pastor Alta Raper travels to Burnett Memorial United Methodist Church, Webb's Creek ...

(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 ...

CHAMPAIGN – As a wife, mother of two, teacher of computer classes, church elder and perennial volunteer, Judi Geistlinger's days are very full. So why, you might ask, would she add such a weighty ...

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 ...

We called it the spring semester, but it felt like the dead of winter to me. The never-ending Chicago cold months slapped me in the face. I juggled my new schedule along my books, when I walked into ...