ITEMS OF INTEREST March 23, 2009 Issue

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Rose French with contributions from Dawn Baumgartner Vaughn, Charles Takyi-Boadu

METHODIST WOMEN CLERGY ON AN UPWARD TRACK

THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, which boasts a history of ordaining women clergy, is seeking to shatter the so-called "stained-glass ceiling" blocking female pastors from its largest pulpits.

The nation's second largest Protestant denomination has launched a new initiative, the Lead Women Pastor Project, to examine barriers to women being appointed pastors to Methodist churches with more than 1,000 members.

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