GCSRW: Our History

50 Years - General Commission on the Status and Role of Women

Celebrate with GCSRW by utilizing the resources in this page to promote the advancement of women within your context for a more complete kingdom of God.

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GCSRW celebrates the Church's election to have more women in leadership beyond 2022. Bishops are the top clergy leaders of The United Methodist Church. Learn more about our newly elected bishops below. 

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A history of the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women listing leadership, quotes and statistics, written by Carolyn Henninger Oehler.

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The Rev. Jeanne Audrey Powers served as the first secretary of the Commission on the Status and Role of Women. A UMNS photo courtesy of John Fulton. Accompanies UMNS story # 139. 3/09/10.

Learn more about key moments in the General Commission of Status and Role of Women (GCSRW) and Women in the United Methodist Church.

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Presented by Drew University and The General Commission on Archives and History, you can view The Status and Role of Women in Program and Policy Making Channels of The United Methodist Church: Report of the Study Commission to the 1972 General Conference and actions of the General Conference.

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Learn about the women who have made their mark in The United Methodist Church's history.

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