Ayoung-looking 47, the Rev. Terry Marks has retired after 25 years in banking and finance and has set about forging a ministry built on what he calls “incremental dreams.”

July 16, 2004

It can be a veritable pastime watching how various religions confront controversy and defend themselves. These days the Roman Catholic Church, Islam and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are among the most constantly dogged by a miscellany of events, scandals or controversies.

This weekend marks the tenth anniversary of the so-called Phoenix Declaration.

Marie Manor was a “cradle” Episcopalian. The Scottsdale woman was born into an Episcopal family, but she said today’s Episcopal Church is not the one she was raised in, that it has moved away from historical truths about the authority of Holy Scripture and the divinity of Christ. So, she and her family have defected.

It can be a veritable pastime watching how various religions confront controversy and defend themselves.

With pomp, pageantry and a colorful procession to rival the majestic Anglican rites of London’s Westminster Cathedral, the Rev. Kirk Stevan Smith will be ordained and consecrated today as the fifth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona.

When the Canon Rev. Harold Knight reached his 99th birthday last year, he wanted to skip it.

East Valley Episcopalians voiced sharply different reactions Wednesday to the historic confirmation of an openly gay clergyman, the Rev. V. Gene Robinson, as the new bishop for the Diocese of New Hampshire.

Another group of Valley religious leaders is speaking out about immigration issues and calling for an end to the "hateful rhetoric" they say is being directed to those in this country without legal documents.

When a faction from St. James the Apostle Episcopal Church in Tempe broke ties with the national denomination in March 2005, the group led by the Rev. Keith Andrews realized it needed to somehow realign with an acceptable part of the international Anglican family.

AUSTIN, Texas - As the daughter and granddaughter of Presbyterian preachers, Laura Elly Hudson knew plenty about the ministry growing up — mostly that she didn’t want any part of it.

By coincidence, a potentially historic speech about women that received little media fanfare was made two weeks before America’s Episcopal Church elected Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as its leader, the first woman to head a branch of the international Anglican Communion.

By coincidence, a potentially historic speech about women that received little media fanfare was made two weeks before America’s Episcopal Church elected Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as its leader, the first woman to head a branch of the international Anglican Communion.

Pastors from mainline Protestant and Catholic faiths came together at a Scottsdale church Monday to “raise a voice against Christian intolerance that promotes condemnation, discrimination and hatred” toward homosexuals.

Eight speakers will address Arizona Marian Conference 2008 Aug. 22-24 at the Double Tree Paradise Valley Resort, 5401 N. Scottsdale Road, Scottsdale.

As Gov. Jan Brewer signed one of the toughest immigration bills into law Friday, Hispanic groups and many religious leaders are rising up in opposition, calling the bill “a slap in the face,” “political suicide,” and “hateful and motivated by racism.”