The Christian Reformed Church, one of the North American branches of the Protestant Reformed tradition, has voted to allow the ordination of women after almost four decades of discussion on the issue.

The board of The Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood (CBMW) recently appointed church leader and former businessman David Kotter as the organization’s new executive director.

Leaders in the United Methodist Church apparently have no problem with a transgender pastor leading one of their congregations, and in fact, they applauded the pastor’s bravery in charting new territory within the denomination.

A Baptist church in Decatur, Ga., with ties to both the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) and the moderate Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF) will call a woman as its pastor later this month, according to the church website.

The Gospel Coalition, which held its inaugural conference last week in Deerfield, Ill., has adopted a confession of faith that unambiguously asserts the historic Christian position on humanity and gender.

At least 40 evangelical Presbyterian churches are expected to join the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) next month out of the leftward-leaning Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA), but the more conservative group of PCUSA churches continues to affirm the