(RNS) — Bishop John Shelby Spong, a bestselling author and cleric known for his progressive theology and his support of LGBTQ clergy in the Episcopal Church, has died. He was 90. “It is with great ...

The Right Rev. John Shelby Spong, a liberal theologian and former bishop who shook up the modern Episcopal Church, championing the inclusion of women and LGBTQ people in the clergy while promoting a ...

Bishop John Shelby Spong of Newark, New Jersey, never stuck “Why Christianity Must Change or Die” on the doors of Canterbury Cathedral, since it was easier to post a talking-points version of his ...

This is FRESH AIR. Now we're going to listen to Terry's interview with John Shelby Spong, an Episcopal bishop who championed the acceptance of women and LGBTQ people in the clergy. He also promoted a ...

Retired Bishop John Shelby Spong, with then-Rector Wallace Adams-Riley looking on, signs a register of church services at St. Paul’s Episcopal noting his participation in a December 2015 service and ...

The Right Rev. John Shelby Spong, a liberal theologian and retired bishop who shook up the modern Episcopal Church, championing the inclusion of women and LGBTQ people in the clergy while promoting a ...

John Shelby Spong, an Episcopal bishop and a best-selling author known for his progressive theology and his support of LGBTQ clergy, has died. He was 90. Spong made headlines as bishop of the Diocese ...

Bishop John Shelby Spong, an Episcopal Church prelate whose liberal views rankled orthodox Episcopalians and others, died in his sleep Sunday morning, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Morris Plains, New ...

Three decades ago, Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong spoke to a few dozen people who had gathered at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church in Milton to study one of the books he had written. As he often did ...