Leaders of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith spent three days in late September listening to women theologians, canon lawyers, Scripture scholars and specialists in other academic fields ...

A woman recently told me she had been asked to be a trustee at the congregation where I am now an interim pastor. “I turned it down,” she said, “because I don’t like working with structures.” She ...

For many congregations, January is annual meeting month. Over the next few Sundays, members will gather after worship for a special time of reflection and discussion. Why do congregations hold annual ...

The 36th General Congregation of the Society of Jesus began in Rome with an opening Mass at the Gesú church on Oct. 2, followed the next day by its first plenary session. In this first working day the ...

Senior minister Mark Booker asks the historic evangelical congregation to commit to work of repair after “break of trust.” Park Street Church voted to affirm senior minister Mark Booker on Sunday by a ...

Every human community has norms (unwritten, unspoken, and often unconscious rules about the "way things should be done") that govern the behavior of its members. In congregations, norms may develop as ...

OROVILLE — Dennis Ashley, new minister at Unity of Oroville, will be available to meet the congregation during a semi-annual Congregational Town Hall meeting at 11 a.m. Sept. 11. Congregation members ...