Kate Kelly
Women lead religious groups in many ways – besides the growing number who have been ordained
By Deborah Whitehead — December 8, 2021
(The Conversation) — A scholar of gender and US religious history explains how women are trying to make religious communities more inclusive. Women’s ordination is only one piece of this ongoing work.
Mormon leaders have trust issues
By Jana Riess — April 19, 2017
Research shows that the second-most-common reason people leave the LDS Church is that they didn't trust Church leaders to tell the truth about controversial issues.
Ex-Ordain Women leader Kate Kelly joins Planned Parenthood of Utah
By Annie Knox — September 18, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY -- Planned Parenthood is fighting to maintain its federally funded programs in Utah.
Mormon leaders appoint 3 women to high-level posts, a first for LDS church
By Reuters — August 20, 2015
They will serve on councils that had been traditionally served only by men. "We need their wisdom and participation!" said one Mormon leader.
Kate Kelly joins hundreds outside Mormon headquarters for mass-resignation event
By Benjamin Wood — July 27, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) With a signed letter in hand, Stephanie Engle joined roughly 100 current and former Mormons -- including Ordain Women co-founder Kate Kelly -- at a mass-resignation event a block from the church’s downtown headquarters.
Kate Kelly: If staying in LDS Church doesn’t ‘spark joy,’ it’s OK to leave
By Kate Kelly — July 20, 2015
"Give yourself permission to make the best choice for you and your own wellbeing., writes Kelly. "Put your faith in yourself and in women."
Where do feminist Mormons stand, a year after excommunication?
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — June 23, 2015
Many Mormon feminists experienced Kate Kelly’s excommunication as a harsh slap felt around the world.
Mormon Kate Kelly ‘happier’ and ‘invigorated’ after excommunication
By Thomas Burr — April 27, 2015
NEW YORK — “The men who (excommunicated me) literally think they kicked me out of heaven,” Ordain Women founder Kate Kelly said. “Luckily, I do not think that. … Out of this experience, I’ve realized that men don’t get to control my happiness."
Small band of Mormons register their opposition to church leaders, say ‘All is not well in Zion’
By Kristen Moulton — April 6, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY — Opponents cited the perception that LDS history is rife with disturbing episodes; that the faith does not treat LGBT persons fairly; and does not offer wide enough roles for women.
Mormon critic John Dehlin appeals LDS excommunication
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — March 11, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) In a letter to LDS President Thomas S. Monson, John Dehlin wrote that he "never taught my questions or doubts as Church doctrine."
Ordain Women’s Kate Kelly loses last appeal; husband to resign from Mormon church
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — March 1, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Kate Kelly appealed the decision to the church's highest authority, the First Presidency. With the rejection, her husband, Neil Ransom, plans to resign his Mormon membership. The couple now lives in Kenya.
Mormon podcaster, known for airing dissent and doubt, faces church discipline
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — January 16, 2015
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) John Dehlin, known to support same-sex marriage and the Ordain Women movement, said he expects "either disfellowshipment (i.e., official censure) or excommunication."
Forget priesthood — moderate Mormon feminists seek a middle way
By Peggy Fletcher Stack — August 25, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) Some Mormon women in the U.S. and abroad have embraced a careful approach short of ordination.
Kate Kelly appeals her excommunication from Mormon Church
By Nate Carlisle — July 25, 2014
SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) In her argument, Kelly contends her lay leaders never asked her about women holding the priesthood -- a point the leaders disputed in the letter excommunicating her.
Excommunicated Mormon Kate Kelly: ‘I’ve done nothing wrong and have nothing to repent’
By Kristen Moulton — June 24, 2014
(RNS) Women’s ordination advocate Kate Kelly said it’s unlikely she will seek rebaptism anytime soon into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which excommunicated her Monday (June 23).
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