church leaders

Headed for a larger stage, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her ‘house’ in order

By Carina Julig — August 5, 2018
(RNS) — Seen as a tattooed rebel when she founded Denver's House for All Saints and Sinners, Nadia Bolz-Weber leaves her church a decade later as a model for mainline Protestant outreach.

Lutherans take surprise step in electing female presiding bishop

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 15, 2013
(RNS) The Rev. Elizabeth Eaton will take over from Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson, who will step down after 12 years of overseeing the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, one of the country’s largest denominations.

Lutherans elect Elizabeth Eaton first female presiding bishop of ELCA

By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — August 14, 2013
(RNS) The new presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, Elizabeth Eaton, told delegates that "We are a church that is overwhelmingly European in a culture that is increasingly pluralistic."

European secularists say they’re not treated fairly

By Tracy Gordon — January 31, 2012

(RNS) Humanist and secularist organizations have accused the European Union of denying them equal treatment with the continent's Christian churches. By Jonathan Luxmoore. 250

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