Review on the Article
Title:
Clergy Career Patterns: Is Leaving or Cleaving Different for Men and Women?
Author:
Kelvin Randall (2007), 48, (4), 10–19.
The
article focuses on comparing the career
patterns of the male and female clergy which draws more attention to the
enormous contribution made by women to attain the ordained ministry of the
Church of England when men and women were ordained at the time and women were affected in terms of their
senior role, stipend with less representation.
After
eleven years from the ordination of women as priests in the Church of England
the article brings answers in comparison with the career paths of male and
female through empirical study and brings out other works from various Universities
which aimed at strengthening the quality of pastoral leadership throughout America. Data of 340 in number and details
collected about gender, age, theological college or course attended etc are . The
age group was 35 to 71 and male clergy comprised 78 percent of the group and
the female clergy to 22 percent. The parish ministry addressed on the proportion of men and women worked in
secular work before ordination, their longer career in the church ministry and
career development. Diocesan commitment ,career patterns of male and female
clergy, theological training and clergy careers were monitored and concludes
that the greatest proportion of 32 percent are no longer paid in active
ministry. Even considering all the factors the clergy seeks God's guidance in
their decision and also made a very clear point that Church offers a wide
opportunities to serve God in the parish and beyond to best use the ministerial
talents that God has given them.
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