3+ hour, 27+ min ago  (1251+ words) CHARLOTTE, N.C. (RNS) " The presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church is tired of hearing that his church is doomed. The denomination has lost about half of its baptized membership since the 1960s, declining to about 1.5 million adherents today, and still faces shrinking…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (608+ words) The 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Reverend Sarah Mullally (courtesy of the Church of England) Mullally, 63, became the archbishop of Canterbury, making her the first woman to lead the Church of England. The worldwide Anglican Communion, which includes the Episcopal…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1208+ words) MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) " As she stood at the pulpit at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Thursday (Jan. 22), the Rev. Rebecca Voelkel, a United Church of Christ minister, looked out at the packed sanctuary with tears in her eyes. Far from the typical…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago  (365+ words) Since an ICE agent shot and killed Renee Good in Minneapolis last week, clergy in the Twin Cities have been at the forefront of efforts to protest ICE and Good's murder. But at least one Calvinist pastor on Sunday (Jan....