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  2. Women in Church history - Wikipedia

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    Women in Church history have played a variety of roles in the life of Christianity—notably as contemplatives, health care givers, educationalists and missionaries. Until recent times, women were generally excluded from episcopal and clerical positions within the certain Christian churches; however, great numbers of women have been influential in the life of the church, from contemporaries of ...

  3. Paul the Apostle and women - Wikipedia

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    Jewish women disciples, including Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Susanna, had accompanied Jesus during his ministry and supported him out of their private means. [2] Although the details of these gospel stories may be questioned, in general they reflect the prominent historical roles women played as disciples in Jesus' ministry.

  4. How the role of women in ministry helped one Nashville church ...

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    That subcommittee and another that studied women in ministry presented reports to Koinonia members at an Oct. 22 meeting. Then, the 81 members at that meeting unanimously voted to leave the PCA ...

  5. Women in Christianity - Wikipedia

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    Women have played important roles in Christianity [1] especially in marriage and in formal ministry positions within certain Christian denominations, and parachurch organizations. In 2016, it was estimated that 52–53 percent of the world's Christian population aged 20 years and over was female, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] with this figure falling to 51.6 ...

  6. Many women stay in religious groups that don’t let them ...

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    Plenty of women in the SBC are also working in pastoral roles in SBC churches. Many are on staff and enjoy what some say are hidden perks of SBC membership: good health insurance and retirement plans.

  7. Women in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia

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    The role of women in the church has become a controversial topic in Catholic social thought. [6] Christianity's overall effect on women is a matter of historical debate; it rose out of patriarchal societies but lessened the gulf between men and women. The institution of the convent has offered a space for female self-government, power, and ...

  8. Obstacles remain as women seek more leadership roles in ...

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    Several women pastors told The Associated Press that it should serve as the breaking point. No woman had ever preached the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention, a gathering of ...

  9. Ordination of women in Methodism - Wikipedia

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    In Britain, the Primitive Methodist Church always allowed the ordination of women to full-time ministry. The Primitive Methodists had full equal roles for men and women, but the Wesleyan Methodist Church only ordained its first deaconess in 1890, and after Methodist Union , the British Methodist Church resumed ordaining women as presbyters ...