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  • Breaking glass ceilings at large churches

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    Christian Century: Breaking glass ceilings at large churches Methodists opened the ordained ministry to women in 1956, and today female ministers account for about 20 percent of the clergy in the denomination. And 14 bishops heading the 50 U.S. regional jurisdictions of the United Methodist Church are women—28 percent of the total. Score that a…

  • CRC lifts barrier to female ministers

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    Grand Rapids Press: CRC lifts barrier to female ministers GRAND RAPIDS — History came quietly to the Christian Reformed Church on Tuesday night, but progress remains to be made. That was the feeling of longtime advocates of women's ordination who watched the CRC Synod remove the word "male" from its requirements for church office. After…

  • CRC women study for a job they may not get

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    Presbyterian News Service: CRC women study for a job they may not get GRAND RAPIDS, MI — On a sun-drenched Sunday afternoon, Meg Jenista steps to the pulpit of Fuller Avenue Christian Reformed Church (CRC) and confidently reads Jesus’ words from the Gospel of John. “I am the true vine, and my father is the…