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Though women today are ordained for the deaconate and elder's orders and comprise approximately 20% of the clergy across the Connection, we still experience opposition, denial of our gifts for ministry, and questioning of the validity of our calling. Female pastors have demonstrated their capability for church building and church growth. However, most women are assigned to small to medium size churches. Location at a church that pays a smaller budget excludes women from certain positions such as preaching or leading worships at some events, membership on the finance committee, election as General Conference delegates/alternates, membership on the General Board and major commissions. Second Episcopal District Women In Ministry Page | 7
“Still I Rise” By Reverend Jamila J. Woods-Jones Pastor, Cornerstone AME Church of LaPlata, MD 3 rd Vice President, SEDWIM On Tuesday, July 12, 2000, history truly became “herstory,” when the Reverend Vashti Murphy McKenzie was elected, and later consecrated, the first female Bishop in the 213-year history of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church. Bishop McKenzie’s historic victory occurred during the 46 th Quadrennial session of the AME General Conference. “Because of God’s favor, the stained glass ceiling has been pierced and broken,” McKenzie exclaimed. As she announced her acceptance of this esteemed position within the church, McKenzie spoke of the women who f<strong>org</strong>ed the way for her and others to succeed in ministry. She reminded the audience of women, who led the way in the quest to become bishops for decades, as those who “sacrificed, cried, died, and gave their very best.” Bishop McKenzie currently serves as Presiding Prelate of the 13 th Episcopal District. On July 5, 2004, the Reverend Carolyn Tyler Guidry proved once more, that women in ministry are continuing to break new ground. She was elected and consecrated the 122 nd Bishop,and the second female Bishop in the history of the AME church, during the 47 th Quadrennial session of the General Conference. In 1989, Reverend Tyler was assigned to Walker Temple AME Church in Los Angeles, California. This assignment gave her the distinction of being the first female appointed to a major metropolitan charge in the AMEChurch. In 1994, she was the first female appointed Presiding Elder in the 5th Episcopal District of the AME Church.She is a contributor to the fourth edition of Those Preaching Women, by The Reverend Dr. Ella Mitchell (released June, 2004). Bishop Guidry currently serves as Presiding Prelate of the 8th Episcopal District. The Reverend Sarah Frances Davis is the 126th elected and consecrated Bishop of the AME Church. Her historic election on July 6, 2004, makes her only the third woman in the 218-year history of the denomination to ascend to its highest level of Episcopal service in African Methodism. Bishop Davis currently serves as the Presiding Prelate of the 16th Episcopal District. Bishop Davis was unanimously elected to the office of Chair of the Global Second Episcopal District Women In Ministry Page | 8
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