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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.
Spanning from the late first century to the sixth century, this period saw women actively involved in theological debates, social leadership within house churches, and spiritual practices such as preaching, prophesying, and martyrdom. [1] [2] Each entry provides the woman's name, titles, roles, and region of activity.
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 ...
Pastors Bobby and Joyce Williams are getting divorced -- and now their Alliance church is going up for auction as part of the proceedings. Husband and wife pastors divorce. Now their Alliance ...
Craig Groeschel, founder and pastor of Life.Church; Nicky Gumbel, pioneer of the Alpha course and vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton in London; John Hagee, founder and senior pastor of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, Texas; Ted Haggard, former pastor of New Life Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado; former leader of the National Association of ...
Kenneth Copeland (1936–present) Eagle Mountain International Church; Benson Idahosa (1938–1998) Word of Faith; Enoch Adeboye (1942–present) Redeemed Christian Church of God, Servant of Yahweh; Joyce Meyer (1943–present) Benny Hinn (1952–present) Prosperity theology; David Oyedepo (1954–present) Living Faith Church Worldwide
White became pregnant the year after converting to Christianity. She and the father, local musician Dean Knight, married in 1985; they divorced in 1989. [12] [85] [86] White met associate pastor Randy White in 1987 while attending Damascus Church of God in Maryland, which was headed by his father. [87]
A Dallas pastor has been removed indefinitely from the church he has served at since 2018 due to him having an "inappropriate relationship" with a woman, according to the church's leadership.