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| author |
Johnnie Brooker
| | title |
The Role of the National Baptist African American Female Clergy: Shifting the Culture Using Liberation to Empower the 21st Century Church
| | abstract |
The following research project seeks to challenge the patriarchal stance that exists in the
National Baptist Convention Incorporated by utilizing myself and other pastors to bring justice to a
community that has been marginalized oppressed and disenfranchised. The purpose is to explore
ways that the NBCI would be receptive to the gifts and callings of women in ministry. I emailed and
called over 70 churches asking pastors to participate. I told them that they would be receiving a
questionnaire that had to be completed and sent back to me. I advised that the first five male pastors
and five female pastors who completed the study would be a part of this research and that I would
not divulge their personal identity. I used Micah 6:6-8 as a theological framework to show how God
is at work in the life of women in ministry. The role of women in the Baptist church in particular
African-American women in ministry have faced an uphill battle for as long as women have been in
ministry. Furthermore the loud voices of women as experienced in the Bible have long been silenced
by critical patriarchal standards. But there has been a critical and yet transformational shift in many
of our churches across the United States that have affirmed women and celebrated their voices, but
these voices continue to be silenced in the National Baptist Convention USA Inc. God is calling for
transformational leadership in the National Baptist Convention USA Incorporated hierarchy when it
comes to women being in positions of power and the pastorate. I used the works of liberation
theologian Howard, Thurman, Jacqueline Lewis, Robert Warrior and others to help structure the
foundation and to help with steps of dismantling the patriarchal leadership of the National Baptist
Convention USA Incorporated.
| | school |
The Theological School, Drew University
| | degree |
D.Min. (2020)
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| advisor |
Diane Davis
Rhoda Myles
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| committee |
Mary Washington
Doris Suit
Doreth Davis
Bernard Davis
Nicole Hodges
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| full text | JBrooker.pdf |
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