Messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention voted last week to further restrict the role of women in ministry. This was no real surprise. It has been developing for decades. Nevertheless, what ...

Approximately 1,600 women in U.S. moderate-to-progressive Baptist groups have been ordained to the ministry, according to a new report released by Baptist Women in Ministry. Authors Eileen ...

THE ISSUE of the ordination of women is a nasty and divisive one in contemporary Christianity. The question for me, however, is moot. Ordained women are serving the church faithfully throughout the ...

Confession: I hold an ordination from a denomination that, broadly speaking, does not ordain women. I have benefited greatly from this ministerial minority status. It propelled me forward in attending ...

Members of historic First Baptist Church of Memphis approved a resolution Sunday that would allow gay marriage and ordination. The vote, taken Sunday after the worship service, wasn't a big surprise.

Greater Tucker Missionary Baptist Church invites the public to the ordination service for Ministers Irvin O. Overton, Sr. and Leonard W. Ross, Jr. on Sunday, at 3 p.m. The guest speaker will be Pastor ...

MOBILE, Ala. _ Growing up, Ellen Guice Sims said it never crossed her mind to think a woman could be a pastor. “It was even farther away than feeling shut out,” she said. “It was not even a question.” ...

The Rev. Gary Milton of Boxwood Baptist Church in Mocksville will be the guest speaker. Rev. John R. Bankhead Jr. is pastor of the church at 3727 Hwy 601 S. Call 336-284-2990 for more information. Per ...

Germantown Baptist Church has been asked to revoke the ordination of Andy Savage by the woman who has accused him of sexual assault. Savage resigned from his position as teaching pastor at Highpoint ...