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

The group was split 5-5 on a statement that held Jesus' masculinity and that of all who receive holy orders "is not ...

Permit me to share reflections on the teachings of the Holy Roman Catholic Church to enlighten so many good-intentioned people inside and outside the church. Regarding the ordination of priests: "The ...

(RNS) — At a church just outside Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday (Feb. 18), 33 ministers from the Christian Reformed Church in North America stood up to read aloud a declaration, officially ...

Shepherd of the Prairie Lutheran Church in Huntley recently acknowledged a very special occasion at the church during its services on June 11. Senior Pastor Mark Boster acknowledged the extraordinary ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- Officials in the Church of the Brethren will meet next month to review the case of a gay minister who could be in danger of being removed from the clergy. Matthew Smucker, 34, ...

Are you familiar with Amish ordinations? An ordination is a service where a new minister, deacon or bishop is ordained. We have several examples in the New Testament of ways they ordained a church ...

SALISBURY — Piedmont Unitarian Universalist Church will be celebrating the ordination of minister Shakeisha Holton Gray at John Calvin Presbyterian Church, 1620 Brenner Ave., on Sunday, July 24, at 3 ...