The Rev. Kearstin Bailey was installed as the first openly LGBTQ+ pastor in history at First Congregational Church United Church of Christ North Ridgeville, according to a news release. This also ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to correct the date of a silent vigil. This story was updated on Aug. 28, 2025, to include details about an upcoming celebration of ministry for the Rev.

MOLINE -- Services for the Rev. Thomas M. Bailey, of Bonaventure Drive, Columbus, Ind., will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church, Columbus, Ind. Additional services will be 7 p.m. Monday at ...

Pastor Marion’s life, his family, his very race has been “complicated,” a word he keeps repeating as we talk in the small chapel in Star Gospel Mission on Meeting Street. But that complicated journey ...