Female Leadership: The National Council of Churches

I noticed this news story yesterday but didn't have time to write about it here.  For the first time, the leadership of the National Council of Churches has all female leadership.  The ecumenical group is now led by Bishop Teresa Jefferson-Snorton, "leader of the Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church." These women were also elected:  "the Rev. Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, who is vice chair; Kimberly Gordon Brooks, first vice president of the 3rd District Lay Organization, African Methodist Episcopal Church, who is secretary; and the Rev. Teresa “Terri” Hord Owens, general minister and president, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), who is treasurer."

I am intrigued by the diversity of Protestant faith traditions represented here.  Sure, it could be even more diverse, but this start is a good one.  The article notes this fact too:  "All but Eaton are women of color."  

The article states, "The 38 member denominations of the NCC comprise some 35 million Christians in Protestant, Orthodox, Anglican, evangelical and historic Black denominations and 'peace churches.'”  So the fact that the leadership is now led by women, most of the women of color, is no small thing.

I have spent much of my life declaring that if women were in charge (at home, in the workplace, of the government, of any other institution), the world would change dramatically, and for the better.  I hope that I have been correct.