While I have championed the cause of women in ministry through the years, I've run across an inordinate number of
women pastors whose demeanor was less than appealing (see Sister Marie's comment above).
Not exact matches
We returned and for a short time it seemed normal, but then strange things began to occur again behind thr scenes with one controlling narcissist
woman whose family is friends with the
pastor (so if she doesn't like you or feels threatened by you in any way plants bugs in his ear to affect leadership choices and assignments and negative treatment / assumptions about anyone she pleases).
It was receiving desperate emails from
women whose husbands and
pastors told them that submitting to abuse was part of their God - ordained role and who had nowhere else to turn because their church would shame them if they stepped forward and reported the abuse.
It could be your mother, your sister, your wife, your best friend, your Sunday school teacher from long ago, a
pastor, a mentor, a saint from centuries past, or even a
woman you met for only a few minutes but
whose presence changed you.
And I remember the Presbyterian
pastor, a
woman of strength and compassion who assisted a young mother
whose baby had died in placing the infant's body into a tiny casket.
Williams joins a crowded field that already includes Assemblyman Keith Wright, a longtime friend and ally of Rangel; State Senator Bill Perkins,
whose district covers a significant portion of the congressional district; and likely candidates like State Senator Adriano Espaillat, who narrowly lost to Rangel in two close elections; Rev. Michael Walrond, a popular
pastor with ties to Rev. Al Sharpton and Mayor Bill de Blasio; SuZan «Sujay» Johnson, the only
woman in the race; and Adam Clayton Powell, IV, the former Council and Assembly member who is also the son of the legendary congressman whom Rangel deposed in 1970.