The Christian Reformed Church in North America will be selling its headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan, after more than six decades of occupying the property as maintenance costs have become "financially unsustainable."
In a historic vote, Rev. Dr Karen Georgia Thompson, a Black woman born in Jamaica, was elected as general minister and president by the United Church of Christ's 34th General Synod on 3 July.
The mainline Protestant denomination United Church of Christ has overwhelmingly elected its first woman president on Monday during its 34th UCC General Synod in Indianapolis, Indiana.