Committee on Women in Ministry (1986-)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: March 1986 to present
At the Seventh-day Adventist Convention Business Meeting at Boston in 1985 the issue of female chaplains being ordained was presented for the first time (“Committee on
Women in Ministry,” Bx 1 Fld 1). At the March 1986 Convention of the same organization in Denver, Committee for Women in Ministry was created with Penny Shell as chairperson (Ibid.). The goals of the Committee for Women in Ministry is mainly to provide support, fellowship and network among Adventist women in ministry and the church at large, and to work toward full recognition of women in Adventist ministry such as validation and ordination.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Committee for Women in Ministry Collection
Collection
Identifier: Collection 261
Content Description
This collection contains correspondences, various women/health care chaplains related committee minutes, actions and reports, lists of pertinent networks, a few short articles on women in ministry. There are also several photographs of the committee members.
This collection gives a glimpse of the early efforts of a few Adventist women chaplains struggling to raise their voices to draw the Church’s attention to the issue of women in ministry.
This collection gives a glimpse of the early efforts of a few Adventist women chaplains struggling to raise their voices to draw the Church’s attention to the issue of women in ministry.
Dates:
1986-
Committee for Women in Ministry Collection
Accession
Identifier: Collection 261