What does the PB-elect have in common with Mary Baker Eddy and Ellen White?
"When Nevada Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori this month became the head of the U.S. Episcopal Church, she wasn't just the first presiding bishop of that faith—she became the first woman in American history elected to lead a major Christian denomination.
"Although there have been influential religious women in the past, like the 1920s evangelist Amy Semple McPherson and modern-day megapreacher Joyce Meyer, only two other American women have reached the pinnacle of a religion's organizational chart: Mary Baker Eddy, who founded Christian Science in 1879, and Ellen White, who helped to found the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1863.
"So what, if anything, does Jefferts Schori's election mean for women seeking a similar path?"
Continued in the July 3rd issue of Newsweek
"Although there have been influential religious women in the past, like the 1920s evangelist Amy Semple McPherson and modern-day megapreacher Joyce Meyer, only two other American women have reached the pinnacle of a religion's organizational chart: Mary Baker Eddy, who founded Christian Science in 1879, and Ellen White, who helped to found the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1863.
"So what, if anything, does Jefferts Schori's election mean for women seeking a similar path?"
Continued in the July 3rd issue of Newsweek
posted by Anglican Feedbag | 11:20 PM
1 Comments:
As a Biblically-orthodox ordained woman, I am particularly appalled by Newsweek's title on this article:
"Beliefwatch: God's Girls"
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