Brandi Kellett long sensed she had a gift for leading ministry, but the church she calls home didn't fully affirm her ability to do that — at least until last month. "It was profound," Kellett said.

The Roman Catholic Church, to preserve a healthy future, must embrace the idea that women can be ordained as church leaders.

Highlighting two trailblazing African American women in ministry for Women’s History Month In recognition of Women’s History Month, American Black Journal’s “Black Church in Detroit” series highlights ...

Pope Francis shares a moment with a group of teenagers after his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Jan. 31, 2024. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The ...

Beth Allison Barr challenges the narrative that women have never exercised church authority. In 2021, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler reaffirmed his denomination’s stance ...

As Sr. Laura Vicuña Pereira Manso accompanies a group deep into the Amazon to protected territory belonging to the Karipuna people, thousands of butterflies dart in all directions like beautifully ...

The Gospel Coalition’s New Year’s resolution apparently is shoring up pastoral power by shaming women for seeking therapy.

Debate on women’s participation in the Catholic Church — including the idea of whether women could one day be deacons — is not on the agenda for this month’s assembly of the Synod on Synodality, but ...

I will be 80 years old in June. As a young child in the Methodist Church, I was certain I was called to ordained ministry. At Duke University, I majored in religious studies and then served as ...

The international Catholic news weekly The Tablet thought the appointment of the first woman Archbishop of Canterbury in the Anglican Church presented a ripe opportunity for the Catholic Church to ...

As an angsty young adult and an inexperienced young mother in my 20s and 30s, I used to mock when women’s ministry events featured crafting activities. But now I want to apologize to all the church ...

Koinonia, planted by Christ Presbyterian Church and partly known for its presence in a majority Black neighborhood, has left the Presbyterian Church in America for the Evangelical Presbyterian Church.