Read an essay by Michael Kress, editor in chief of MyJewishLearning.com, about the factions and tensions within the Orthodox movement.

Read an October 28, 2009, story on CNN.com about President Obama signing a bill that makes it a crime to assault someone based on their sexuality or gender.

Bishop Noel Jones is pastor of the Los Angeles-area City of Refuge Church, which has more than 10,000 members. He has established the FaithMate.com dating Web site for single Christians.

Art Gorman is pastor for single adult ministries at Bethel Church of San Jose, Calif.

Jon E. Singletary directs the Center for Family and Community Ministries at Baylor University in Waco, Texas.

Dale Piscura is associate/counseling pastor in Sevenoseven, the young adult ministry at Cuyahoga Valley Church in Broadview Heights, Ohio.

J. Bradley Wigger directs the Center for Congregations and Family Ministries at Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.

Steve McLeod, who is associate dean at Harding University Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tenn., wrote his dissertation on “Assimilating singles into a family-focused church.” He says issues worth examining are whether older singles want to participate in singles groups, and whether single adults in general prefer to stick with their lifelong religious affiliation […]