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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “women clergy”

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Black women cracking ‘stained-glass ceilings’ with Jesus’ 7 last words

by Adelle M. Banks
April 18, 2019

(RNS) — At least a dozen churches across the country are hosting Good Friday services this year that feature seven African American female preachers speaking about the last sayings of Jesus.

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New research shows that women’s ordination boosts trust and commitment among some American worshippers

by Jana Riess
June 29, 2018

Women's ordination has an effect on women in the pews, a new national study finds. Congregations that give women the potential of gender equality in leadership can increase women's trust in, and commitment to, their religious communities.

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Egypt fights Islamic extremism by allowing women leaders at mosques

by Amr El Tohamy
June 20, 2018

CAIRO (RNS) — The move to introduce women preachers – wa’ezzat in Arabic – marks the first time females have formally addressed worshippers in these spaces as officially sanctioned clergy.

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US Assemblies of God elects first woman executive in more than a century

by Adelle M. Banks
April 24, 2018

(RNS) — The election of the Rev. Donna L. Barrett as general secretary of the denomination's top American board harks back to the church's early days, when women played important public roles in its congregations.

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Jeanine Kraybill: Elevating female leadership in the Catholic Church

by Aysha Khan
December 21, 2017

(RNS) — We asked Jeanine Kraybill, who studies Catholic leadership, to consider what 2018 will mean for religion.

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Mormons change rules to allow moms, divorced women to teach religion

by Peggy Fletcher Stack
November 17, 2014

SALT LAKE CITY (RNS) “This change makes it possible for families to decide what best meets their needs as it relates to mothers working while raising children,” the Utah-based faith announced in a memo regarding hiring policies.

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Mormons embrace social media to push back against official church teachings

by Kimberly Winston
September 15, 2014

BERKELEY, Calif. (RNS) “We are starting to see a significant disconnect between what the church is telling people to believe about same-sex marriage and homosexuality and what people actually believe and accept,” said LGBT activist John Gustav-Wrathall. “I think the Internet has a lot to do with that."

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Cracks in the ‘stained-glass ceiling’: Women reach prominent pulpits

by Adelle M. Banks
August 29, 2014

(RNS) It's been 40 years since the Episcopal Church first ordained women, and other denominations have long included women in their clergy ranks. Now, three prominent cities have women pastors leading historic, tall-steeple churches.

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Church of England postpones vote on female bishops

by Trevor Grundy
July 9, 2012

(RNS/ENInews) The Church of England voted to postpone draft legislation that would have allowed women to become bishops. By Trevor Grundy.

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