WOMEN IN THE CHURCH
.Sir,—With other ladies on Tuesday morning I was present at a session of the Thirtieth Synod of the Diocese of Wellington. We sat apart, as spectators. I was filled with amazement that in these days the Synod should still be composed entirely of men. Clergy and laity share the membership, but no woman is found in either class. As I went out I found' others shared my feeling. No wonder people feel the Church is behind the times. No wonder it is so little in touch. with the present generation. "Woman is not undeveloped man, but diverse." She has wisdom, experience, and an attitude to life different from that of man. It is true that the majority of women are occupied with home-mak-ing, but surely from the ranks of the professsions, and the middle-aged,, could be found women of mental and spiritual qualities suitable for exercise in the ministry, and- highest councils, of the Church, contributing that which is otherwise lacking.—l am, etc.,
CHURCHWOMAN.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 11, 13 July 1944, Page 4
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