Amy Butler
From Rockettes to Riverside: Senior minister Adriene Thorne leads NYC church
By Adelle M. Banks — September 22, 2023
(RNS) — ‘I love bringing dancers that I know into the space,’ she said. ‘We had some at my installation.’
Growing the religious left by confessing our sins against nature to plants
By Tara Isabella Burton — September 23, 2019
(RNS) — For these progressive Christians, the language of social justice is a way of translating the gospel message of a kingdom of heaven on earth into a contemporary world.
Amy Butler, first female pastor of The Riverside Church, to step down
By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 5, 2019
(RNS) — The Rev. Amy Butler, the first female pastor to lead the Riverside Church in New York City, is parting ways with the historic, progressive Christian church.
Why Rev. Amy Butler is talking politics, sin and loss this Lent
By Jack Jenkins — March 12, 2019
(RNS) — 'We’re going to take the season of Lent ... and see if we can’t reclaim some of the language for sin,' the Rev. Amy Butler said.
Church pastor: The truth about my late-term abortion
By guest — October 27, 2016
Trump's words drove me to tears, and to write my painful story for the first time.
Cracks in the ‘stained-glass ceiling’: Women reach prominent pulpits
By Adelle M. Banks — August 29, 2014
(RNS) It's been 40 years since the Episcopal Church first ordained women, and other denominations have long included women in their clergy ranks. Now, three prominent cities have women pastors leading historic, tall-steeple churches.
Historic Riverside Church recommends first woman as senior minister
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — April 28, 2014
NEW YORK (RNS) Riverside's pulpit has been home to some of the most influential clergy in progressive Protestantism, including Harry Emerson Fosdick, William Sloane Coffin Jr. and James Forbes Jr.
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