Maintaining the Tradition: The Ordination of Women in the Evangelical United Brethren Church—What Really Happened?

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Research Article| January 01 2019 Maintaining the Tradition: The Ordination of Women in the Evangelical United Brethren Church—What Really Happened? Patricia J. Thompson Patricia J. Thompson PATRICIA THOMPSON is a retired elder in the New England Conference currently serving as a quarter-time pastor for administration and local church historian for the Wolcott United Methodist Church in Vermont. She is also the Historian for the New England Conference and Editor of Historian's Digest, the quarterly newsletter of the Historical Society of The United Methodist Church. She is the author of The History of Maine Methodism Through the Women's Sphere (1984) and Courageous Past, Bold Future: The Journey Toward Full Clergy Rights for Women in the United Methodist Church (2006); as well as several local church histories. Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Methodist History (2019) 57 (1-2): 74–83. https://doi.org/10.5325/methodisthist.57.1-2.0074 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Patricia J. Thompson; Maintaining the Tradition: The Ordination of Women in the Evangelical United Brethren Church—What Really Happened?. Methodist History 1 January 2019; 57 (1-2): 74–83. doi: https://doi.org/10.5325/methodisthist.57.1-2.0074 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All Scholarly Publishing CollectivePenn State University PressMethodist History Search Advanced Search The text of this article is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 2018 by The Pennsylvania State University. All rights reserved.2018The Pennsylvania State University Article PDF first page preview Close Modal You do not currently have access to this content.