20+ hour, 45+ min ago  (969+ words) Thousands of Southern Baptists overwhelmingly voted Wednesday to advance a formal ban on women pastors in the nation's largest Protestant denomination, sending a clear message that men alone should preach to these conservative evangelical congregations. The amendment would tighten existing…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (379+ words) Jane Cleveland Bloodgood was ordained at 78 years old " one of the first women to become an Episcopal priest in the United States. Nearly 50 years later, the Church of England has installed its first female archbishop. For the first time in…...