MOBILE, Alabama – The day after his ordination, Rev. Chris Walker said he felt a connection through history back to Methodist founder John Wesley. "Here you are connected to the great saints of the ...

The start of momentum, preaching minister Shane Hughes said. On the eve of Women's History Month, history was made Feb. 19 at Highland Church of Christ when new elders were ordained - six of them ...

PETERSBURG - On June 8, Minister Monique Lindsey was ordained as an elder through Same Like Faith Ebenezer Ministries Fellowship International Inc. in Mableton, Ga., under the leadership of Chief ...

As an elder, I prayed this day would never come. As a member of the Presbyterian denomination, I and my wife served Beulah Presbyterian Church of Orion for 52 years. I was deeply troubled reading the ...

BELEM, Brazil (RNS) Brazil's National Conference of Bishops is considering a proposal to ordain married community elders as a way to ease the shortage of Catholic priests in rural areas. BELEM, Brazil ...

The Presbytery of Northern New York was among the majority of presbyteries that voted recently to constitutionally ratify Amendment 10-A — eliminating a key barrier for gays and lesbians who want to ...

Laura McMasters, a longtime campus minister, performed her first baptism in February—welcoming an international student into the Christian faith and United Methodist community. McMasters, a deacon, ...

The Mizoram Presbyterian Church has rejected a proposal to ordain women in the church as pastors or church elders, church sources said. Synod Executive Committee (SEC), the highest decision making ...

The largest Roman Catholic geographical district in Brazil, located deep in the Amazon along the Xingu River, has more than 800 Catholic congregations but only 27 priests. Bishop Erwin Krautler, ...