Pastor Dillon Awes of the Stedfast Baptist Church in Watauga, Texas told his congregation that allowing a woman to preach in church is like “spitting in the face of God.” His sermon preceded a similar ...

Seats could scarcely be found in Simboli Hall’s chapel as attendees gathered for a Candlemas prayer service Thursday night to witness a historically rare sight in the Catholic Church: a woman ...

It is a standing date that I look forward to every other Sunday afternoon with great excitement. My dear friend MC and I meet at a cozy cafe in Detroit and splurge for a delicious drink (and, OK, ...

(RNS) — During last month’s Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting, debates about if women can serve as pastors dominated the business sessions and national news coverage. But at multiple Baptist ...

In celebration of the new book Catholic Women Preach: Raising Voices, Renewing the Church presented as a collection of homilies by women for the Lectionary Cycle A. Panelists discuss the preaching of ...

Pope Francis made waves last weekend with his off-the-cuff remarks calling homilies at Catholic churches "a disaster." Most of the headlines, including NCR's, highlighted the pope's advice to ...

Find today’s readings here. Alleluia! Christ is risen! The Easter season wraps us in joy, but it is also a busy time for Catholic parishes with extra Masses, extra hours for Confession, the Good ...

What Zilpha Elaw, Julia Foote, and Sojourner Truth taught me about God’s “withness.” A Methodist woman in Albany, New York, didn’t want to go hear Zilpha Elaw preach. For one thing, Elaw was a woman, ...

A church planting network in Edinburgh’s poorest neighborhoods is flipping gender norms on their heads. On a gray and crisp Sunday afternoon last year—it happened to be Halloween—I found myself ...