Breaking through the stained glass ceiling
Subtitle: women pastoring large churches
By: HiRho Park and Susan Willhauck, editors ; with a foreword by Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza
Publisher: General Board of Higher Education and Ministry, The United Methodist Church
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Nashville, Tennessee
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780938162643
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Clergy; Women clergy; United Methodist Church (U.S.); Women in Christianity; Big churches; Femmes dans le christianisme; Grandes églises (Communautés)
Description: "Can women successfully pastor large membership churches? In 2006 at an international meeting of United Methodist clergywomen, this question was raised about how women were breaking gender stereotypes to serve in churches with 1,000 or more members. Two years later, the Lead Women Pastors Project was launched with 64 clergywomen by the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry. Breaking through the stained glass ceiling: Women pastoring large churches emerged from the project which sought to affirm, empower, and nurture women who pastor large churches in the UMC and is a compilation of stories from some of the clergywomen participants."--Back cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction from the editors: Cracks in the stained glass ceiling; title: Leadership styles; title: Work and family; title: Preaching and worship; title: The art of conflict management; title: Resource management: staffing and finances; title: Women and the political process; title: Women's leadership and spirituality; title: Women's leadership and coaching; title: Conclusion from the editors: Recommendations for the church; title: Reflection / by Rev. Trudy Robinson; title: Epilogue / by Rev. Patricia Farris; title: Appendix: The lead women pastors research report.