An attempt at tightening constitutional limits on women’s authority in churches affiliated with an influential Presbyterian denomination narrowly failed over concerns about the effect on governance ...

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 ...

When one Southern Baptist pastor criticized Christian speaker and author Beth Moore for announcing she planned to preach from a pulpit on Sunday, on Mother’s Day, another pastor defended her. It led ...

(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 ...

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 ...

Editors’ note: For another take on the question of women preaching during Mass, read “I’m a Catholic woman who was allowed to preach at Mass—until it was banned” Catholics who have sat through enough ...

It’s interesting to see the impact the #MeToo movement has made on our culture. The past month has revealed yet another major issue regarding women -- the oppression of women in the faith communities ...

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 ...