It is in serving the most vulnerable, the most easily overlooked, ignored, or exploited people that we learn the most about the love of Christ; because it is by the need to listen deeply, by setting aside our own agendas and letting ourselves be led by the pain of others that we find our way to the foot of the cross.
The Archbishop of the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA) has issued a call for prayer as ACNA bishops discuss the ordination of women following a five-year study on holy orders by an appointed task force.
The Revd Chad Tanaka Pack shares his own story of the long road to ordination as a minister of word & sacrament in the Reformed Church in America.
The Board for Transition Ministry is inviting a church-wide conversation on the future of clerical leadership
Recently 600+ folks from Tikanga Pakeha and Tikanga Maori gathered at the Diocese of Christchurch’s Transitional Cathedral for a joint diaconal ordination service for candidates of both the Diocese of Christchurch and the Amorangi Te Wai Pounamu.
In the last several days since Pope Francis spoke with the International Union of Superiors General on topics related to role of women in church
“But while I make this sacrifice, I want you to be honest about all the other, secret sacrifices you demand I make – and why, and for whom.”
British filmmaker Jessica Bishopp follows the Rev. Sharon Francis as she recalls “what it felt like to be ‘called by God.'”
Via Religion News Service: The business of online ordination is seeing an increasingly diverse customer base – no longer just people wishing to officiate weddings
A growing number of seminary graduates are exercising their ministries outside of churches according to this