This is a groundbreaking book written by one of the nation's leading African American clergywomen, Reverend Vashti McKenzie, who provides a cogent historical, theological, and biblical overview of female leadership in the church. McKenzie provides a model based on the "Women Surviving in Ministry" project that promotes fellowship, support and an environment conducive to learning and dialogue among peers and mentors.
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This review is from: Not Without a Struggle: Leadership Development for African American Women in Ministry (Paperback)
Dr. McKenzie puts forth a wealth of information on the historical and present struggle of Women in Ministry. It keeps the reader interested and provides depth and insight to the hinderances placed upon women by the ingnorace of our male dominated society. As a Pastor of a local Church, this reading has caused me to remove the walls and replace them with a guide rail and steps that lead women in the Body of Christ towards the true liberty of heaven. A suggested reading for the "Traditional Pulpiteer!"
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This review is from: Not Without a Struggle: Leadership Development for African American Women in Ministry (Paperback)
I think this book tried to cover alot from a variety of vantage points. It uses scripture, gives historical biographies, contains survey and interview data, discusses leadership theory and lists African American women pastors. I skimmed it once and then read it. It is a book that you could go to many times and still go back to again. I think it is a good reference tool because it has a very rich bibliography. The comparisons and contrasts of men and women's leadership styles in general, feminist and womanish theory as well as the cultural setting for African American women to exercise leadership in Black churches are described very well.The need for the 21st Century church to recognize the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on the daugthers as well as the sons to speak for God is expressed clearly. The writer is also forthright in stating the fact that African American women who lead as ministers in the contemporary churches are the exceptions. Sister McKenzie shows in her book that the Biblical women leaders of the Old and New Testaments were also the exceptions and uses them as role models for women pastoral leaders today.
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This review is from: Not Without a Struggle: Leadership Development for African American Women in Ministry (Paperback)
I read one of her books in a woman group that i was in in my church. Then I went to see her preach. I picked up more of her books after
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THE TAPESTRY OF female leadership is woven with threads centuries old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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African American, Queen of Sheba, New Testament, Ten Commandments, United States, Mary Magdalene, United Methodist Church, King Solomon, Jesus Christ, Methodist Episcopal Church, Amanda Berry Smith, Jarena Lee, New York, Old Testament, Johnson Cook, Cain Felder, Daughters of the Conference, Holy Spirit, New Jersey New!
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THE TAPESTRY OF female leadership is woven with threads centuries old. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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African American, Queen of Sheba, New Testament, Ten Commandments, United States, Mary Magdalene, United Methodist Church, King Solomon, Jesus Christ, Methodist Episcopal Church, Amanda Berry Smith, Jarena Lee, New York, Old Testament, Johnson Cook, Cain Felder, Daughters of the Conference, Holy Spirit, New Jersey New!
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- The Web of Women's Leadership: Recasting Congregational Ministry by Susan Willhauck in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Loving the Body: Black Religious Studies and the Erotic (Black Religion, Womanist Thought, Social Justice) by Anthony B. Pinn on page 327
- One Nation Under God?: Religion and American Culture (CultureWork: A Book Series from the Center for Literacy and Cultural Studies at Harvard) by Marjorie Garber on page 182
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