As Black women remain the heartbeat of the Black church, they are also clergywomen and change-makers revolutionizing faith. Black women have been the backbone of the Black church and the vanguards of ...

Today Jessica called me from Massachusetts. She’d been on a long bike ride when her handlebars broke and she nearly crashed. While walking the next couple of miles to a repair shop, she decided to ...

Women preachers among early Baptists As a researcher who studies Baptist women and was also ordained by Shalom Baptist Church in Louisville in 1993, I’m deeply familiar with this history. Only a few ...

For many Black women, spirituality and religion are anchors for their lives. Studies show they are some of the most devoutly religious folks in the U.S., and that is beneficial in unexpected ways. One ...

(RNS) — The two largest churches in the Southern Baptist Convention featured women preachers on Mother's Day, despite the convention's ban on women pastors. (RNS) — Saddleback Church, one of the ...

According to the Office of Religious Affairs, the survival of the family depends on women receiving religious education. The office appointed 196 women preachers to Turkish provinces under a project ...

(RNS) — It rained today in Texas. The sudden downpour caught me unaware. But even as it drenched my shoes, I couldn’t help smiling. Three days ago, seminary president Al Mohler compared the growing ...