FUSsa-talk Mailing List: Female pastors

[Robert Tapp (tappx001]

Barna's latest study is fascinating. THe resulting advice to  
<mainline> Protestants might be

        You can get a more-educated pastor for less money if she's female!


http://www.barna.org/barna-update/article/17-leadership/304-number-of-female-senior-pastors-in-protestant-churches-doubles-in-past-decade


Note also the curious terminology. The largest Protestant denomination  
is the Southern Baptists, not listed as <mainline> in Barna's  
categorization. Nor are Unitarian Universalists listed despite the  
fact that Universalists were an early ordainer of women.

Bob