Most often when a church hires a pastor, his appointment is the result of a careful process. Pastor search teams conduct interviews, listen to sermons, request recommendations, and seek God’s ...

The Southern Baptist Convention rejected a proposal in June that sought to enshrine a ban on women pastors. But at the local ...

the fact that women either felt their voices would not be valued or that they would not be safe to speak is significant.

At the World Synod in Rome, four women joined to advocate for ordaining women as deacons. Though the topic remains off the ...

"By virtue of Baptism, women and men have equal dignity as members of the People of God. However, women continue to encounter ...

MATTOON, Ill. (WCIA) — Lana Fuller and Theresa from the Women’s Ministry at United Christian Church in Mattoon joined WCIA’s ...

Women are barred from the church's highest ministerial positions ... It leaves open "the question of women's access to diaconal ministry." It was the most contested paragraph of the final document ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The Catholic Church must take concrete steps -- and soon -- to recognize and empower women’s leadership and ministry in the church, Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández ...

executive director of New Ways Ministry. The first phase of the synod process ended last year by concluding it was “urgent” to guarantee fuller participation by women in church governance ...