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Study process aided ELCA gay breakthrough
Close on the heels of a similar decision by the Episcopal Church, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America lifted its ban on calling gay and...
Christian Century, 09/22/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
Episcopalians open doors for gay bishops
Only days after Archbishop Rowan Williams of the worldwide Anglican Communion cautioned Episcopalians against making decisions "that could push us...
Christian Century, 08/11/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
Recession may pull seminaries apart or together
The recession has forced seminaries to undertake cost-cutting measures that affect people, projects and their own best-laid plans for...
Christian Century, 07/14/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
Breaking glass ceilings at large churches
Methodists opened the ordained ministry to women in 1956, and today female ministers account for about 20 percent of the clergy in the...
Christian Century, 06/30/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
How many in mainline? Categories vary in surveys
Americans who identify with mainline churches make up either 18 percent of the U.S. population or 13 percent, according to two large-scale surveys...
Christian Century, 06/16/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
Seafarer chaplaincy confronts piracy fears
The recent dramatic high seas rescue of a merchant ship captain held hostage by Somali pirates stirred a public debate on whether cargo vessels...
Christian Century, 06/02/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
Seminary rebounds, plans multifaith university
On the verge of losing accreditation in 2006 during its third straight year of bleeding red ink, the Claremont School of Theology faced an...
Christian Century, 05/19/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
Praying for the president—regardless of party
The church sign of a Pentecostal congregation facing a busy Los Angeles-area street bore a single message for months: LET US PRAY FOR OUR NEW...
Christian Century, 04/21/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
Mainline called uncounted force for change
The White House has an oft-over looked religious ally for solving the country's social problems through greatly expanded government programs, if a...
Christian Century, 04/07/09 by John Dart · More from publication -
Counting the cost
AMONG U.S. CHURCHES of better-than-average size and budget, nearly half are feeling the impact of the deepening recession and are being forced in...
Christian Century, 03/24/09 by John Dart · More from publication
