A woman pastor for Poland's Reformed.(News)

The Christian Century | October 4, 2003 | Copyright

The Reformed Evangelical Church has become the first in Poland's Protestant minority to appoint a female pastor--150 years after the first Reformed woman was ordained in the U.S. The ordination of Wiera Jelinek, 43, is widely expected to clear the way for other women pastors.

"I know reactions will be mixed, since there are positive and negative voices everywhere, but I hope women especially will approve," said Jelinek, who will assist her pastor-husband, Miroslaw Jelinek, at a 500-member Reformed parish in Zelow, a city south of Warsaw. The congregation is ...

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