Seeing a woman in the pulpit of a church still shocks me a little. Raised Southern Baptist, I was taught women’s roles were limited. We were enlisted mainly to look after the children in the nursery, cook breakfast for brotherhood meetings [and of course clean
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! We greet you in the name of Jesus Christ who has broken down all dividing walls of hostility and made us one with Christ, one
Healing is not what they’re looking for the First United Methodist Church in Omaha, Nebraska. Their pastor, Rev. Jimmy Creech, was charged with disobeying the Order and Discipline of The United Methodist Church by violating one of its Social Principles when he conducted a commitment
A meeting of historic significance to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender communities took place on Dec. 12 as two internationally recognized human rights activists met in Johannesburg, South Africa. The Rev. Troy D. Perry, moderator of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (UFMCC),
New Light Shed on Reformation Historical Markers – Contemporary Focus on Unity In Philadelphia, August 1997, the Churchwide Assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) approved a “Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification” which results from years of Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialog aimed
As answered by a gay Christian biologist I have written this for those whose guilt has been etched deeply by the official positions of various Christian denominations as well as for those whose pain has been exacerbated by the unkindnesses shown to them through the
With Steve Calverley We all know what the divide is about. One side holds a belief that homosexual behavior is immoral and the other holds that this belief, like the biblically-based arguments which supported slavery, is evil. Disagreements about the morality of homosexuality extend in
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) has adopted a new proposed amendment (B Plus) that will significantly weaken the restrictive ban (Amendment B) on gays and lesbians in the church’s ordained leadership. Amendment B requires church officers (elders, deacons, clergy) to “live in
Pilgrim Uniting Church is part of the Uniting Church in Australia, (UCA) an amalgamation of the Methodist, Congregational and most Presbyterian Churches. This year we celebrate our twentieth birthday. Importantly, at the National Assembly to be held in Perth, Western Australia in July this year,
Dr. Dee Mosbacher thinks African-American churches should know the truth about gay and lesbian people, and she is providing it in a new documentary called All God’s Children. The film was created to counteract the effects of a video called Gay Rights, Special Rights produced by