It is often assumed that the church was mostly founded by men. Here is the story of 12 women who were crucial to the birth and development of the Church of the Nazarene. These women's lives and ministries step from the pages of the early 20th century and speak to us today with significant questions past and present: What happened to the role of ordained women during these women's lifetimes?What discouraged women from becoming ordained ministers from the 1930's on?What do the lives of this first generation of women preachers mean for women called to the ministry today?Laird's concluding challenge is that 'the church reclaim its proud heritage and write a new chapter in ministry - one the affirms, advocates and celebrates the ordained ministry of women.' |
