This reporting of ordained female ministers highlights the importance for churches not just to acknowledge a woman’s call to ...

Ordination is typically the final step in a long and often expensive process that includes dedicating one's life to ministry, completing a bachelor's and/or master's degree and fulfilling the ...

Is the Holy Spirit telling us that female exclusion from ordained ministry and church decision-making is no longer acceptable ...

GARY — For one of the three newest deacons in the Catholic Diocese of Gary, ministry is a family affair. Deacon Robert Ross is the brother of the Rev. Benjamin Ross, pastor at St. Bridget Parish in ...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people become ministers through the Universal Life Church, a non-denominational religious organization that ordains anyone who wants (for free) and advocates for ...

I bet you thought the day would never come where you would be bonding two people together in holy matrimony. Well, that time has come and it’s not that simple. You have to become an ordained minister.

Vaughn Treco, a husband, grandfather of two and former Anglican priest, was ordained to the Catholic diaconate and priesthood in early May with the approval of Pope Francis. His ordination as a ...

Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., is president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, where he researched and wrote about marriage, bioethics, religious ...

"I do things like a child, but still I am a minister," he said. June 21, 2012— -- Just last month, Ezekiel Stoddard, 11, of Temple Hills, Md., was ordained as a minister in his family's ...

Complementarians and egalitarians share common ground in lay leadership. As managing editor of the Christian Research Journal and a women’s ministry trainer in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn (WTVF) — Wedding season is in full bloom, but if you want a friend to officiate your special day, you may want to think twice. Starting July 1, Tennessee will prohibit persons ...