It took a millennium, but St. Paul’s Cathedral Choir in London has hired a woman as a full member. (Non-sopranos may feel a certain sense
After two decades, Religion and Ethics Newsweekly is going dark. The ending of the series is not a surprise – it was first announced in
Many main stream denomination congregations are losing members as the result of many contributing factors. Congregations close weekly and there is no further witness from that congregation felt in the community. But some congregations have sought ways to extend the life of a congregation and its effects on and contributions to its community. Sometimes nearby congregations from the same denomination choose to merge and sometimes congregations of different denominations merge.
A Jewish temple in Victoria, Texas, has opened their doors to local Muslims after someone set fire to their mosque.
Despite reassurances to the LGBTQ community that President Donald Trump is “respectful and supportive of LGBTQ rights,” the Obama administration’s 2016 guidance about transgender students has been rescinded by the Departments of Justice & Education.
The Episcopal Divinity School of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the Union Theological Seminary in New York City, have announced that the two historic seminaries will pursue an affiliation agreement.
Churches and religious leaders are organizing to resist Trump administration immigration and deportation policies.
From The Episcopal Church: [February 23, 2017] The Rev. Melanie Mullen of Richmond, VA has been named the Episcopal Church Director of Reconciliation, Justice and
A release from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, published in the Living Lutheran: CHICAGO (Feb. 22, 2017) – The Rev. Elizabeth A. Eaton, presiding
The National Prayer Breakfast was one of hundreds of ministries run by what some called the “underground State Department,” according to a D. Michael Lindsay