Christian Reformed Church Votes to Allow Female Clergy
The Christian Reformed Church took the historic step Wednesday of granting women wider clergy rights.
The vote followed Tuesday's decision to remove the word "male" as a requirement for holding ecclesiastical office in the church and to allow women to be ordained as ministers, elders, deacons or ministry associates. In an effort to maintain unity in the church body by respecting the convictions of those who believe the Bible prohibits women serving as office bearers, synod representatives also decided to allow classes (regional assemblies) to set restrictions on women serving as delegates to classis meetings.
Nevertheless, even before the landmark decision on Wednesday, CRC women had "a feeling" that something big was going to happen this week, as Carol Rottman of Greenville had stated....