Category Archives: Women in Ministry

From Lay Ministers to the Pulpit

Congregational Vitality, Research, Women in MinistryBy RWP Staff February 2, 2023

While the main research question in the Religious Workforce Project interview deals with how congregations in the Washington, D.C., area harness their financial and human resources to carry out their ministry, some questions address the life experiences of church leaders. Among the 44 religious workers who have been interviewed for the qualitative component of the…

Clergywomen in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Clergy Demographics, Research, Women in MinistryBy Amy Kubichek January 12, 2023

Lutheran women in the United States first gained the right to become ordained clergy in 1970 when the conventions of two predecessor denominations to the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) voted to approve the ordination of women that year[1]. In 1981, more than 10 years since Lutheran women in the United States gained the…