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RELIGIOUS 'PROGRESSIVES'
Seeking Media Coverage
When it comes to media coverage, progressive religious leaders complain that they've been "left behind."
Leaders of Reform Judaism and the National Council of Churches point to a new Media Matters survey that shows reporters working on faith-related stories were about three times more likely to contact religious conservatives than progressives.
Rabbi David Saperstein, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, says that gives Americans the impression that only religious conservatives are true believers. The Rev. Bob Edgar, general secretary of the National Council of Churches, says such reporting is unbalanced. He said "Christianity may be monotheistic, but it is not monolithic" in its social and political viewpoints.
TRANSGENDER PASTOR REAPPOINTED
Review of Bishop Decision
United Methodist clergy in Baltimore are asking the denomination's highest legal authority to review a bishop's decision to reappoint a transgender pastor to lead a city congregation.
Bishop John R. Schol decided last month to continue the appointment of the Rev. Drew Phoenix as pastor of St. John's United Methodist Church.
Phoenix, 48, has led St. John's for nearly five years. In the past year, he changed his name from Ann Gordon and received medical treatment to become a man.
The Methodist church bans sexually active gay clergy but does not have rules about transgender pastors.
Clergy of the Baltimore-Washington Conference of the United Methodist Church have asked for a decision on whether church law allows transgender people to be eligible for appointment as pastors, said the Rev. Wayne A. DeHart, the conference's director of human resources.
PRESBYTERIAN BUDGET WOES
Church Faces More Cuts
The Presbyterian Church (USA) is facing more financial troubles.
