That thought bubbled to the surface on Wednesday when the Rev. Valerie Steele, of Oklahoma City, learned that her long-held hope had been realized: the United Methodist Church overturned a 40-year ban ...

United Methodists meeting for their top legislative assembly May 1 overwhelmingly overturned a measure that barred gay clergy from ordination in the denomination, a historic step for the nation’s ...

There were tears, hugs, prayer and singing in Charlotte after the United Methodist Church removed a line prohibiting the ordination of LGBTQ clergy that had been in place since 1984. According to ...

Given the history of opposition to the ordination of women, it may come as little surprise to learn that mainline Protestant women clergy are some of the strongest voices supporting marginalized ...

The United Methodist Church voted Wednesday to cast off decades-old restrictions on the ordination of LGBTQ individuals as ministers while effectively allowing overseas church regions to ignore the ...

In this Feb. 26, 2019, file photo, Ed Rowe, left, Rebecca Wilson, Robin Hager and Jill Zundel, react to the defeat of a proposal that would allow LGBTQ clergy and same-sex marriage within the United ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) -- Officials in the Church of the Brethren will meet next month to review the case of a gay minister who could be in danger of being removed from the clergy. Matthew Smucker, 34, ...

The Lutheran Church ordained a woman pastor in Jerusalem on Sunday, the first time a woman has led a Christian church in the territory of prime importance to Christians, Jews and Muslims. Sally Azar, ...

Are you familiar with Amish ordinations? An ordination is a service where a new minister, deacon or bishop is ordained. We have several examples in the New Testament of ways they ordained a church ...

Father Bevington is ordained a priest by Bishop Kevin Rhoades of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend at the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame. Students and staff from ...