Brenda Pelc-Faszcza is the interim minister at Second Congregational Church in Manchester, a congregation of about 350 in a steepled white building on North Main Street. She will serve there until the ...

A close-up look at American churches shows women clergy have hit a “stained-glass” ceiling. Mark Chaves is a Duke University professor of Sociology, Religious Studies and Divinity. And for nearly 20 ...

In the final installment of this two-part series, PhillyVoice explores the journey of two women in leadership positions at Wells Fargo and Independence Blue Cross, and at their churches as women in ...

The “stained glass ceiling” is such a common condition that it has its own Wikipedia page. It refers to the barriers placed before women who strive to become leaders in their churches — barriers that ...

(RNS) More than 40 years have passed since Sally Priesand was ordained as the first female rabbi in the U.S. Since then, more than 800 female rabbis — including 647 in the Reform movement — have ...

Many elements of Stacey Solomon's abode catch our eye, but her recent video shared on her Instagram showed off one part that we never get to see – and it's so regal. Posting on her Instagram Stories, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kim Elsesser covers issues that impact women in the workplace. Sarah Mullally's appointment as the first female Archbishop of ...

Joanna Adams almost pulled it off. In 2001, John Buchanan, the pastor of Chicago’s Fourth Presbyterian Church, announced that the congregation had chosen the Rev. Adams as co-pastor, with the ...

Though Catholic women and nuns have long run the Roman Catholic Church’s hospitals, schools, and parishes, women cannot be ordained, say Mass, or vote for the pope. As Pope Francis is officially ...

Newly inaugurated Pope Francis has already demonstrated a willingness to break from precedent as pontiff, but Catholic women question whether that openness will apply to them, too. Nuns and other ...

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It never occurred to Jane Hoffman that she could be a pastor one day. That's because when she started, there weren't many women pastors. But even after 27 years in the pulpit, and leading the ...