That passage is one of the most difficult to read, not to mention interpret, in the Bible—and spending days immersed in it could retraumatize those who have experienced sexual abuse, said the ...

The Bible passage in question comes from Judges 19, which tells the story of a concubine who was gang-raped to death before her body was divided into 12 pieces. In the ordination exam, candidates ...

Nov 4, 2003 / 22:00 pm The opposition to the ordination of the first openly gay bishop in the United States this week isn’t about sex but about Scripture, said Canon Kendall Harmon of South ...

Q. (I asked Pastor Roberts what she thinks about the argument from opponents of women’s ordination that, in their interpretation of the Bible, scripture clearly prohibits ordained female clergy.) A.

"This vote isn't about the sex standards of ordination, but it's a symptom of a deeper division in our denomination over the authority of scripture," Morris said. The Bible teaches that all people ...

Crist, 66, now chairs the ELCA’s celebration of the 50 th anniversary of women’s ordination, which includes Bible studies and other resources for congregations to use.

An article in the Oct. 3 issue of Christianity Today magazine claims the ordination of women is biblical. Author Kenneth S. Kantzer, dean of the Christianity Today Institute, writes that those who … ...

This is based, to the quote same document, not on any one text of Scripture, but the “practice of the Church, which has a normative character: in the fact of conferring priestly ordination only ...

For students hoping to become pastors in the Presbyterian Church (USA), the exegesis exam is already stressful. The dayslong exam—which requires students to answer multiple essay questions about a ...