WOMEN ELDERS
Overture to Presbyterian Assembly (N.Z.P.A.) DUNEDIN, Nov. 10. A proposal that women should in future be eligible for election as elders of the Church was contained in an overture which was brought before the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at its final session by the Rev. M. W. Wilson on behalf of the Presbytery of Timaru. Mr Wilson said the church to-day was coming to a different view from that held for so long. It was gaining a new idea of the dignity of womanhood. Communism led wav and enabled women to take their place alongside men. Why should women not respond to the call to eldership? He added that in the Presbyterian Church in England there were many women elders and he believed women would improve the wisdom of the assembly and the church courts. The proposal was sent down to Presbyteries for consideration and reports to the next Assembly.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CLIV, Issue 22738, 12 November 1943, Page 3
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