Abstract
Abstract Even though African Initiated Churches are often said to be particularly open to women, women are mostly absent from leadership positions. Based on interviews and focus group discussions conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and South Africa between 2017 and 2019, this paper investigates which official positions women can or cannot assume in the churches’ hierarchies as well as the reasons behind the decisions. The material of 109 responses reveals that biblical references are used to legitimate both the acceptance as well as the rejection of women in leading positions. Apart from theological aspects, also understandings of gender roles in the wider society have an influence on the positions of women in different churches. The interviews provide insight into how perspectives on and positions of women inside and outside the church mutually affect, reinforce and challenge each other in different ways.
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