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Connections: The Role of Clergywomen

Bishop Ward shares the role women clergy serve in The United Methodist Church and the challenges still faced by females in the the pulpit.


This post from Bishop Hope Morgan Ward was originally posted on the North Carolina Annual Conference's website and shared with permission. The original post with a written transcript of the video can be found here.  

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