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Outline. Christianity portal. v. t. e. The roles of women in Christianity have varied since its founding. 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 ...
Women constitute the great majority of members of the consecrated life within the Catholic Church, the largest of the Christian churches. In recent decades, ordination of women has become increasingly common in some Protestant churches. Laywomen have also been highly active in the wider life of churches, supporting the community work of parishes.
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union ( WCTU) is an international temperance organization. It was among the first organizations of women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity ." [ 1]
But for conservative Christian women who understood traditional gender roles to be God-given, and who cherished their roles as housewives, the feminist movement seemed like an existential threat.
Church Women United (CWU) is a national ecumenical Christian women's movement representing Protestant, Roman Catholic, Orthodox and other Christian women. Founded in 1941, as the United Council of Church Women , [1] this organization has more than 1,200 local and state units in the United States and Puerto Rico .
Young Women's Christian Association – Originally created to provide housing and other services to Christian women (founded 1855) Zonta International – founded 1919, a global organization of executives and professionals working together to advance the status of women worldwide through service and advocacy
United Women in Faith (formerly known as United Methodist Women) is the only official organization for women within The United Methodist Church (UMC). In 2022, United Methodist Women began doing business as United Women in Faith[ 1] (UWFaith). Founded in 1869, the organization now has nearly half a million members. [ 2]
The Evangelical and Ecumenical Women's Caucus (EEWC), also known as Christian Feminism Today (CFT), [1] is a group of evangelical Christian feminists founded in 1974. [2] It was originally named the Evangelical Women's Caucus ( EWC ) because it began as a caucus within Evangelicals for Social Action , which had issued the "Chicago Declaration".