Tennessean

Otter Creek Church to accept women elders. Why it's a big step within its faith tradition.

Otter Creek Church, a multi-campus Brentwood-based church announced it will accept women elders, an uncommon decision within its Churches of Christ faith tradition. Otter Creek Church has previously ...

Divided response to Presbyterian Church vote to exclude women from senior roles in NSW and ACT

A vote excluding women from elder positions in the Presbyterian Church in NSW and the ACT is disappointing but not surprising ...
Los Angeles Times

Catholic Church reform process disappoints hopes of more equity for women

VATICAN CITY — A years-long process to reform the Catholic Church closed Saturday with recommendations that fell short of hopes that women would be given more equity. Pope Francis said he would not ...
National Catholic Reporter

On women deacons, the Catholic Church has to remember its own history

Winston Churchill famously said, "Those who forget history are doomed to repeat it." If the Catholic Church forgets history, it is simply doomed. Pope Francis recently issued a letter "On the Renewal ...
The Christian Century

I want more for Deesha Philyaw’s church ladies

Deesha Philyaw’s phenomenal debut collection of short stories is a page-turner, and not just for clergy who tend toward a prurient interest in church dysfunction. The title says it all. These are ...