Essay: Can ecumenism survive some Orthodox churches’ resistance to ordained women?
ANNA PIELA, a visiting scholar in religious studies and gender at Northwestern University in the US, writes, in an article published by Religion News Service, that the issue of female ordination is threatening to define the future of ecumenism and Orthodoxy at large…
Lutheran World Federation elects first female general secretary to lead global communion
RNS The Lutheran World Federation has elected the first woman to head its global communion of churches. Rev Anne Burghardt, an Estonian theologian, was chosen on Saturday by the LWF Council as the next general secretary of the federation, which includes 148 denominations in the Lutheran tradition from around the globe. Rev Anne Burghardt. PICTURE: […]