Women in Ministry Initiative

The Women in Ministry Initiative supports the creation of a gathering space on the third floor of the Princeton Theological Seminary Library, establishing an archive of materials requested from Princeton Seminary women in ministry around the world, publishing a book, and supporting future programs and projects.

BOOK

• Abigail Rian Evans and Katharine Doob Sakenfeld, Faith of Our Mothers, Living Still: Princeton Seminary Women Redefining Ministry (Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2017).

Conference

• Visit the 2017 Women in Ministry Conference Website
• Watch videos and listen to audio from the conference

ARTICLES

• Gardner and Sakenfeld, “In the Beginning Male and Female, Then She Came to Seminary: A History of Women at Princeton Theological Seminary,” Theology Today 69.3 (2012): 306-18.

VIDEO

• 2017 Women in Ministry Conference (October 23–25, 2017)
  • Opening Worship: Rev. Julie M. Hoplamazian
  • Keynote Address: Rev. Dr. Katie Geneva Cannon
  • Closing Worship: Sister Miriam Therese Winter

• A Fireside Chat: “Breaking the Stained-Glass Ceiling: Women Leaders in the 21st Century Church” (February 23, 2017)
  • Presenters: The Reverend Dr. Amy Butler, The Reverend Ginger E. Gaines-Cirelli, The Reverend Shannon Johnson Kershner, and The Reverend Courtney Clayton Jenkins ’08
• The Women in Ministry Room Dedication (May 16, 2016)
• An Interview with Muriel Van Orden Jennings: First Woman PTS Graduate
• The 2016 Women in Church in Ministry Lecture (February 25, 2016)
  • “God and Invisible Materiality: A Phenomenal Body Problem for Womanist Theology and Philosophy of Race”
  • Dr. Andrea C. White, associate professor of theology and culture, Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York
• The 2015 Women in Church and Ministry Lecture (February 26, 2015)
  • “The Bloody Truth: Seeing with Julian of Norwich”
  • Dr. Amy Laura Hall, associate professor of Christian ethics, Duke Divinity School, Duke University

AUDIO

• 2017 Women in Ministry Conference (October 23–25, 2017)
• Additional audio recordings of past lectures, services, and events related to women in ministry are available in the Princeton Theological Seminary Media Archive (hosted on the library website) and on SoundCloud.