While most Christian churches across the United States are strongly opposed to homosexuality and same-sex marriage, the First Baptist Church of Greenville in South Carolina has taken a totally different route: It has decided to allow not
United Methodist LGBT advocates tape pledge to doors after ousting of gay minister
By Emily Lawler
United Methodist pastors from different parts of the state
Episcopalians vote to let gay couples wed in churches
The U.S. Episcopal Church voted
Christian College Tried To Stop Bake Sale For Homeless LGBT Youth, But They Raised Thousands Anyway
A Christian college in Berrien Springs, Michigan is mired in controversy after administrators denied a request from a campus group to hold a bake sale for homeless LGBT youth, spurring students to turn their frustration into opportunity
Church digs up graveyard to build ‘£1m home’ for vicar: Neighbours ‘disgusted’ after watching bones being exhumed to make way for house
- Loughton Baptist Church is building the home for Reverend Wayne Dulson
- Neighbours saw graves pre-dating 1860 dug up to make way for property
- Plans for the home were initially turned down by Epping Forest Council
- They were overturned on appeal
First female bishop named as the Reverend Libby Lane
Reverend Libby Lane has been announced as the first female bishop for the Church of England, just a month after a historic change to canon law.
She will become the new Bishop of Stockport, a post that has been vacant
Female clerics coached for bishop selection as Church of England prepares for historic change
Archbishops of Canterbury and York set to sign women bishops legislation into law in front of General Synod
By John Bingham
A string of senior female priests have been given special training to put them in prime position to become
Lutheran Archbishop apologises to gays for “cruel treatment”
Kari Mäkinen, the Archbishop of Finland’s Evangelical Lutheran Church has apologised to homosexuals and other sexual minorities for the cruel treatment meted out to them. Mäkinen’s comments were reported at the public forum SuomiAreena.
The head of Finland’s Lutheran
Church of England General Synod backs women bishops
The Church of England has voted to allow women to become bishops for first time in its history.
Its ruling General Synod gave approval to legislation introducing the change by the required two-thirds majority.
A previous vote in 2012
Second priest defies Church of England to marry his same sex partner
Rev Andrew Cain puts wedding pictures on Facebook as first cleric to marry same sex partner stripped of permission to work as a priest
By Andrew Brown
A second priest has defied the Church of England’s official line to marry