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 sadness ...

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 ...

John Shelby Spong, the former Episcopal Bishop of Newark and the author of over 20 books, died at his home in Richmond, Va. on September 12. He was 90. Richmond’s St. Paul’s Episcopal Church announced ...

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, a liberal theologian and ally who championed women's and LGBTQ ordinations and rights, died September 12 peacefully in his sleep at his Richmond, Virginia home. He was 90. Mr ...

At his funeral in Morristown this Friday, John Shelby Spong, the former Episcopal bishop of northern New Jersey, will be eulogized as a hero who courageously fought for a more inclusive church. But to ...