The start of momentum, preaching minister Shane Hughes said. On the eve of Women's History Month, history was made Feb. 19 at Highland Church of Christ when new elders were ordained - six of them ...

MOBILE, Alabama – The day after his ordination, Rev. Chris Walker said he felt a connection through history back to Methodist founder John Wesley. "Here you are connected to the great saints of the ...

The leadership at Bartley Temple United Methodist Church is soaring to new heights with the ordination of the Rev. Mary L. Mitchell as an elder in the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church ...

As an elder, I prayed this day would never come. As a member of the Presbyterian denomination, I and my wife served Beulah Presbyterian Church of Orion for 52 years. I was deeply troubled reading the ...

PETERSBURG - On June 8, Minister Monique Lindsey was ordained as an elder through Same Like Faith Ebenezer Ministries Fellowship International Inc. in Mableton, Ga., under the leadership of Chief ...

BELEM, Brazil (RNS) Brazil's National Conference of Bishops is considering a proposal to ordain married community elders as a way to ease the shortage of Catholic priests in rural areas. BELEM, Brazil ...

Laura McMasters, a longtime campus minister, performed her first baptism in February—welcoming an international student into the Christian faith and United Methodist community. McMasters, a deacon, ...

The largest Roman Catholic geographical district in Brazil, located deep in the Amazon along the Xingu River, has more than 800 Catholic congregations but only 27 priests. Bishop Erwin Krautler, ...