Ordination is typically the final step in a long and often expensive process that includes dedicating one's life to ministry, completing a bachelor's and/or master's degree and fulfilling the ...

This reporting of ordained female ministers highlights the importance for churches not just to acknowledge a woman’s call to ...

I bet you thought the day would never come where you would be bonding two people together in holy matrimony. Well, that time has come and it’s not that simple. You have to become an ordained minister.

Each year, hundreds of thousands of people become ministers through the Universal Life Church, a non-denominational religious organization that ordains anyone who wants (for free) and advocates for ...

Vaughn Treco, a husband, grandfather of two and former Anglican priest, was ordained to the Catholic diaconate and priesthood in early May with the approval of Pope Francis. His ordination as a ...

The priesthood is deeply cherished and lies at the heart of Catholic faith and people, but a fresh conversation is needed around the formation of priests in order for ordained ministry to flourish ...

"I do things like a child, but still I am a minister," he said. June 21, 2012— -- Just last month, Ezekiel Stoddard, 11, of Temple Hills, Md., was ordained as a minister in his family's ...

Ryan T. Anderson, Ph.D., is president of the Ethics and Public Policy Center and a former senior fellow at The Heritage Foundation, where he researched and wrote about marriage, bioethics, religious ...

Complementarians and egalitarians share common ground in lay leadership. As managing editor of the Christian Research Journal and a women’s ministry trainer in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) ...