Women by the Numbers: Leadership

“Shhh…Let’s Not Talk About That”

Hope for the Future and Work Yet to Finish: Deacons in The United Methodist Church

Central Conference Clergy by Gender

So far, 10% of elected clergy delegates are deacons

Women of color less than 4% of UMC clergy

Part-Time Local Pastors most diverse clergy group

Clergy diversity proportional to membership

2016-2020 Council of Bishops Sexual Ethics Survey

UMC Bishops: Race and Gender

Fewer women bishops this quadrennium

Number of U.S. women bishops down by 1

UMC District Superintendents II: Race & Ethnicity

UMC District Superintendents I: Intro and Gender

Percentage of women superintendents on par with clergywomen statistics

Laywomen and Leadership

Laity lack positions in church leadership

Lay membership in 2004-2008