women in ministry

Some Baptists debate about women preaching, others listen to women preach

By Brian Kaylor — July 24, 2023
(RNS) — Focusing almost entirely on the SBC not only minimizes the theological (and political and racial) diversity of Baptists, but it also privileges a patriarchal body over others.

Accusing SBC of ‘caving,’ John MacArthur says of Beth Moore: ‘Go home’

By Bob Smietana — October 19, 2019
(RNS) — Evangelical pastor John MacArthur criticized Southern Baptist Bible teacher Beth Moore and called female preachers a sign that Southern Baptists were losing their belief in the authority of the Bible.

‘She is loose’: A historic group of female Lutheran bishops on #MeToo and the Holy Spirit

By Emily McFarlan Miller — July 25, 2018
CHICAGO (RNS) — The ELCA has elected the largest number of female bishops in one year to lead the mainline denomination.

Mommy, minister and unmarried: Single mothers in the pulpit

By Lauren Markoe — July 31, 2014
(RNS) According to federal statistics, 41 percent of births are to unmarried mothers. But what if the single mom by choice is a minister, or a rabbi?
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