Amy Butler, first female pastor of NYC’s The Riverside Church, to step down
RNS The first female pastor to lead The Riverside Church in New York City is leaving the historic, progressive Christian church. After five years at Riverside, Rev Amy Butler will not renew her contract as senior minister, according to an update from Butler and the Riverside Church Council posted on the church’s website. “It has been one of the […]
ESSAY: WHEN MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR, BROKE HIS SILENCE ON VIETNAM
As the world marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King, Jr, Rev AMY BUTLER, senior minister of The Riverside Church, where Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, gave his “Beyond Vietnam” speech on 4th April, 1967 – a year before his death, reflects on Rev King’s legacy…