{"id":151188,"date":"2020-06-30T14:27:23","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T18:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.episcopalchurch.org\/?page_id=151188"},"modified":"2022-09-21T12:56:10","modified_gmt":"2022-09-21T16:56:10","slug":"women-in-the-church","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/organizations-affiliations\/women-in-the-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Women in the Church"},"content":{"rendered":"    <div\n      class=\"wp-block-episcopal-hero-banner alignfull\"\n            style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/www.episcopalchurch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/who_we_are_hero.jpg)\"\n          >\n      <div\n        class=\"hero-banner\"\n      >\n        <div class=\"hero-banner-wrapper\">\n          <h1 class=\"episcopal-hero-title\">\n                        Organizations &amp; Affiliations                      <\/h1>\n                    <ul class=\"social-nav\">\n                                              <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  \n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"page-title\">Women in the Church<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Women are empowered&nbsp;by working collaboratively with women\u2019s organizations, program and ministry groups within and outside the Church, as well as with global and local networks working for gender justice, and individual women compelled to risk transformation \u2013 of the world, the church, and their own lives in Christ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On your journey of transformation the resources and information here will help you venture into the refining fire and the water of renewal and rebirth. The work, life, and ministry is your own, but the road is one women can hope to build together along the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>USEFUL LINKS:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.episcopalnewsservice.org\/2014\/07\/28\/ordination-timeline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Interactive timeline of the history of women\u2019s ordination<\/a><br>Anglican Women&#8217;s Empowerment (AWE)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unwomen.org\/en\/csw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Commission on the Status of Women<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/ecwnational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episcopal Church Women<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/episcopalwomenscaucus.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episcopal Women&#8217;s Caucus<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ewhp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Episcopal Women&#8217;s History Project<\/a><br>Girls&#8217; Friendly Society<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalaltarguildassociation.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Altar Guild Association<\/a><br><a href=\"http:\/\/theepiscopalcommunity.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Episcopal Community<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doknational.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Order of the Daughters of the King\u00ae<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women in the Church Women are empowered&nbsp;by working collaboratively with women\u2019s organizations, program and ministry groups within and outside the Church, as well as with global and local networks working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":173628,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-151188","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v23.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Women in the Church &#8211; 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