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First woman bishop legally confirmed to lead St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Diocese
16 Sep 2025 16:46 GMT
The Rt Rev Dr Joanne Grenfell has been legally confirmed as the new Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England in Suffolk.
Her confirmation was formalised in a historic service at St Mary-le-Bow in London …
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Governor General Attends Induction Service for the First Female Bishop of The Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Island Conference of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas
10 Sep 2025 20:20 GMT
… Induction Service for the first female Bishop of The Bahamas, Turks … Induction Service for the First Female Bishop of The Bahamas, Turks …
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The Catholic Church has a patron saint of the internet but still no female priests
09 Sep 2025 13:19 GMT
Blessed are the website developers, for they shall inherit the metaverse. And lo, a new age dawneth as the Catholic Church finally embraces the 21st century. No, not by allowing women to become priests, you silly sausage. Or by apologising for the millions …
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Does the Bible allow female pastors?
08 Sep 2025 05:09 GMT
By CP Contributor, Sunday, September 07, 2025
Getty Images Few issues stir up as much debate in evangelical churches today as the question of women serving as pastors. To some, the conversation feels secondary or even unnecessary. To others, it touches the …
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Women priests to lead Meerapur Durga Puja to mark golden jubilee celebration
06 Sep 2025 23:26 GMT
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Alton and Alresford welcome first female bishop
28 Aug 2025 11:10 GMT
Ms Betteridge said: “It is an amazing privilege and I am so looking forward to being able to engage in the life of the diocese, to meet people, to hear their stories, to pray and plan, discover and discern, and most of all to enable others in the mission …
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First woman pastor at Bethel AME Church wants to bring the youth back to church
23 Aug 2025 09:06 GMT
… going to be the first woman priest,” Atkins said, “and we’ … the ’70s. There were no women priests, but I knew that forever … deal, Atkins said. The first woman bishop in the AME Church, Vashti … trouble adjusting to having a woman pastor, even though he said it …
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First female archbishop in UK defends lesbian lifestyle: 'Never heard that from God'
18 Aug 2025 21:21 GMT
… /ChurchinWales/InstagramThe first female archbishop in the United Kingdom has …
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We Should All Fear Pete Hegseth’s Anti-Woman Pastor
13 Aug 2025 20:36 GMT
Photo: Scott Olson/Getty Images
“Women are the kind of people that people come out of.”
That’s according to Douglas Wilson, an influential pastor and self-described Christian nationalist who recently sat for an interview with CNN’s Pamela Brown that …
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I’m celebrating the UK’s first female archbishop. I don’t care that she is in a civil partnership
06 Aug 2025 05:17 GMT
… Wales voted in favour of women bishops in 2013. In 2023, … arguing for a moratorium on women bishops, although a handful of … up to the appointment of women bishops in the Church of … evangelical group Reform stated that women bishops were a first-order issue …