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 ...

The United Methodist Church, which boasts a history of ordaining female clergy, is seeking to shatter the so-called “stained-glass ceiling” blocking female pastors from its largest pulpits. The nation ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The United Methodist Church, which boasts a history of ordaining women clergy, is seeking to shatter the so-called “stained-glass ceiling” blocking female pastors from its largest ...

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 ...

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 ...