PLAINS, Ga. (WANF/Gray News) - The Georgia church where former President Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school named its first female pastor. Reverend Ashley Guthas will take over sermons at Maranatha ...

PLAINS, Ga. (WANF /Gray News) - The Georgia church where former President Jimmy Carter taught Sunday school named its first female pastor. Reverend Ashley Guthas will take over sermons at Maranatha ...

The Rev. Stephanie Anthony, pastor and head-of-staff at the church, said there are many female leaders in the Presbyterian Church throughout the county, especially in more rural congregations.

While the church continues to be rejected by the Southern Baptist Executive Committee, Saddleback Church, along with its founder Rick Warren, defended their use of female pastors despite the decision.

Josiah Anthony, lead pastor of Cross Timbers Church in Argyle, resigned after having “emotional affairs” with female members of the church’s staff, the church’s interim lead pastor told ...

A 2022 survey of 17,200 women in 104 countries by the international forum Catholic Women Speak found that two-thirds of women in the church support “radical reform,” with 29% saying they will ...