Rev. Jack Hayford; the CRC debate on women

In Monday’s RNS report: The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel recently held its annual convention in the nation’s capital. The Pentecostal denomination has about 300,000 members in the United States and 5 million worldwide. Religion News Service Senior Correspondent Adelle M. Banks interviewed the Rev. Jack Hayford, 71, president of the Los Angeles-based church […]

In Monday’s RNS report: The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel recently held its annual convention in the nation’s capital. The Pentecostal denomination has about 300,000 members in the United States and 5 million worldwide. Religion News Service Senior Correspondent Adelle M. Banks interviewed the Rev. Jack Hayford, 71, president of the Los Angeles-based church body about the state of Pentecostalism, his denomination’s stand on women’s leadership and the church’s intersection with culture.

Charles Honey reports on the Christian Reformed Church Synod‘s return to a contentious debate on women: As 188 delegates gather this week to begin the Christian Reformed Church Synod, Karen Norris wishes she were one of them. But Norris cannot be part of the annual CRC conference because she is not yet ordained-and because she is a woman. That could change if delegates decide to allow women to serve as synod delegates and to serve as ministers in any church. The same proposals were turned away last year. However, this year brings a new element: the support of the denomination’s Board of Trustees, which is advising the synod to “speak clearly for the change.”

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