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Show Few Women in Pulpits ' The church In general Is very conservative con-servative In regard to admitting women wom-en to Its highest offices and while pastors are In practically every case men, women predominate amonjj re-llglous re-llglous workers employed to "assist which deny women the right to them, There are about SO sects officiate; among the largest of these are the Protestant Episcopal, all Presbyterian bodies except the Cumberland,, and the Reformed Church In America- vjn approximately 40 sects women are received re-ceived Into the pulpit ; among them nre the Unitarians, Unlversalists Congregatlonalists, Friends, Chrlstiar Scientists, the Christian church, Shakers, Church of the Nazarene, the United Evangelical church, and th Methodist Protestant church. The Methodist Episcopal church grants women license to preach and now -ordains them to the ministry, although they will not hold regular charges and are not admitted to membership In conferences. |