A vision to build on Rick Warren’s legacy: New Saddleback pastor sees women clergy in church’s future
DEEPA BHARATH, of Associated Press, speaks with Andy Wood, successor to Rick Warren at Saddleback Church in California, about his grand vision to build on Warren’s legacy and take Saddleback to the biggest cities in the US and the world…
Shifting views on women in ministry: Dr Mike Bird to speak about his changed perspective at Christians for Biblical Equality event in Sydney
Sydney, Australia The role of women in the church has been contested for centuries. Both complementarian and egalitarian perspectives cite Scripture as the basis of their beliefs about whether women and men have equal ministry opportunities. But what happens when a respected Bible scholar and theologian shifts in his position from one interpretation to the […]
Updated: Australian Catholic Church council only addressed “tip of the iceberg” when it comes to key challenges, says academic
Updated: 9.30am, 14th October (AEDT)Sydney, Australia Australian Catholics had only glimpsed “the tip of the iceberg” during the first assembly of the Fifth Plenary Council held last week and the failure to tackle some issues head-on was a stain on the church, a senior academic and member of the council says. John Warhurst, emeritus professor […]
Accusing Southern Baptist Convention of “caving”, US evangelical pastor John MacArthur speaks against women preachers
RNS US evangelical pastor John MacArthur, speaking at a celebration of his 50th year in pulpit ministry this week, weighed in on an ongoing debate in the Southern Baptist Convention over women preachers, claiming the nation’s largest Protestant denomination has lost faith in authority of the Bible. He claimed the SBC had taken a “headlong plunge” […]