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In many denominations of Christianity the ordination of women is a relatively recent phenomenon within the life of the Church. As opportunities for women have expanded in the last 50 years, those ordained women who broke new ground or took on roles not traditionally held by women in the Church have been and continue to be considered notable.
The Lutheran state churches in the Nordic countries ordain women as pastors and have women as bishops. The first female pastors were ordained in the Church of Denmark in 1948, in Sweden in 1960, Norway in 1961, in Iceland in 1974 and in Finland in 1988. [citation needed]
The Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland ordained women as pastors for the first time. [243] The Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church approved ordaining women pastors. [244] Lorita Packwood and Jennie Foster Skelton were ordained as the first female deacons in the Anglican Church of Bermuda ...
The Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church approved ordaining women pastors. [231] 2023: In June 2023, the Christian and Missionary Alliance of the United States approved women being ordained as pastors, but only if the women's local church leadership approves, and never as senior or lead pastors. [232]
Julian Maunoir (1606–1683) French Jesuit "Apostle of Brittany"; Tomasz Młodzianowski (1622–1686), Polish Jesuit; Paolo Segneri (1624–1694), Italian Jesuit; Junípero Serra, (1713–1784)
Pages in category "Women evangelists" The following 47 pages are in this category, out of 47 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Emilia Baeyertz;
On May 30, 2013, the Netherlands Union voted to ordain female pastors, recognizing them as equal to their male colleagues [176] and ordained its first female pastor on September 1, 2013. [177] When Sandra Roberts was elected president of the SECC on October 27, 2013, [ 178 ] she became the first SDA woman to serve as president of a local ...
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