Word: pulpiteering
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Pregnancy in the Pulpit...
...happy nonfeminist woman in the ministry, I would like to point out that the fear of a pregnant woman in the pulpit is by no means universal [April 25]. My son is still dressed almost entirely by the loving gifts of my former parishioners, and my present parishioners decided to call me to this charge less than two months before he was born. My husband and I hope to have a large family, and so far as I know, no one-in either parish-has been horrified at the prospect...
...preacher, and proud Mattie Powell rewarded him with $2,500 to make a four-month tour of Europe and Africa, including a chauffeur-driven trip through the Holy Land. In 1932 Powell's father had a nervous breakdown, and young Adam unhesitatingly took over his pulpit in the emergency. A tall (6 ft. 3 in.), handsome man and a spellbinding orator, he was a roaring success; his maiden sermon left the congregation weeping and shouting amen. Five years later, when Adam Sr. retired, his son became full pastor of the church...
...When the New York Telephone Co. balked at his demands, Powell threatened to disrupt the system by instructing his followers to dial the operator for every telephone call they made. The telephone company promptly capitulated, began to hire Negroes. "Negroes have got to be radicals," Powell shouted from the pulpit and the political platform. "Only radical measures can liberate...
...Christians, the ordination of women was still a long and revolutionary way from the admonishment of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians: "Let your women keep silence in the churches" (I Corinthians 14:34). At least one of the antifeminist fears-the thought of a pregnant woman in a pulpit-was no immediate prospect. All three ministeresses are unmarried...