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Historic sermon by Gina Stewart at joint Black Baptist meeting draws cheers, controversy
Many Black SBC churches have women pastors on staff. Will they be expelled next?
UCC elects first woman—and first woman of African descent—to lead denomination
Ouster of Saddleback and Fern Creek from SBC over women pastors is affirmed
Filmmakers release trailer for 'The Philadelphia Eleven,' hope to raise funds to finish film
by Episcopal News Service Staff
Kim L. Coleman reelected president of Union of Black Episcopalians
by Dawn Araujo-Hawkins
Mildred “Bonnie” Hines, first woman AME Zion bishop, dies at 67
by Adelle M. Banks
First nine women ordained as Lutheran pastors in Poland
Izani Bruch named chaplain of Chilean presidential palace
After cerebral bleed, bishop-elect Paula Clark returns to work
After four-month lockout, AME pastor preaches at her church
National Council of Churches elects all-female officers, approves NRSV update
First woman ordained in Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi
Women making strides in Black denominations amid hesitancy
Beverly Shamana, pioneering Methodist bishop, dies at 81
by Sam Hodges
Anne Burghardt is first woman to lead Lutheran World Federation
by Emily McFarlan Miller
Vashti McKenzie, first woman bishop in AME church, to retire in July
Emily Awino Onyango becomes first female Anglican bishop in East, Central Africa
by Egan Millard
Top German Catholic official says church should be more inclusive
by Jack Jenkins