The Rev. Gina Stewart delivered the keynote sermon at the Joint National Baptist Convention in January, sparking a social media firestorm and highlighting the obstacles women in Christian ministry face as they carve out leadership space within the patriarchal culture of the Black Church in America.
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Prominent Black church in New York sued for gender bias by woman who sought to be its senior pastor
By Darren SandsThe Associated Press Over its 215-year history, the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York City has earned a reputation as the flagship of the Black church in America. Based in Harlem, it became a famous megachurch with the political rise of the Rev. Adam Clayton Powell Jr., perhaps the most influential of the […]