Women preachers : an apocalyptic image of the Kingdom of God

Abstract

In the five years leading up to the fiftieth anniversary of women’s ordination in the ELCA’s predecessor bodies I interviewed eighty-five ELCA female pastors serving in congregations across the Southeast. It was an honor to receive their stories – stories of amazing grace and devastating heartbreak. By the end of that project I could see that there are concrete ways that we, as church, are called to respond to the stories of our female rostered leaders. We must do this for the sake of the world God so loves.