CULTURE AND ORDINATION OF WOMEN AS CLERGY: A CASE STUDY OF THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF EAST AFRICA, KENYA
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The question of ordaining women to pastoral ministry has been a major issue in many denominations in the world and therefore the focus of this study was to find out how the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) has been handling the ordination of women as a clergy. This was done by assessing the ratio of ordained women clergy against men at different times in PCEA as church recruits men and women for ordination purpose. For the purpose of accuracy in this study, the researcher concentrated with collecting the data for all the clergy who had retired until 2022. The main objective of this study was to find out whether there is disparity between male and female clergy in the PCEA. The field research was held in two of the five regions of PCEA Church namely: Central and Eastern. The target population was 128 retired clergy in PCEA Church. The study employed a descriptive survey research design in which quantitative and qualitative research approach were used, in the corroboration of the finding based on Gall & Berge sample size determination approach, a sample size of 52 respondents was selected through stratified sampling to ensure that each member of the population had an equal chance of participating in the study. The main instruments of this research were in-depth interview and questionnaires. Quantitative data collected was coded, tabulated and analyzed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 25.0. The summarized, organized, and analyzed data were obtainable in bar graphs, pie charts and tables. Major findings found that none of women clergy had retired in the area of study by the year 2020 .The major recommendation of this study was PCEA Church to apply affirmative action in the selection of men and women in the ordained holy ministry. This study is also applicable to other denominations where the ordination of women in the holy ministry is still an issue
Key words: Ordination, Clergy, priest, pastor Culture, affirmative action, female clergy, calling, PCEA, PUEA
CITATION: Njoroge, S. N. (2023). Culture and ordination of women as clergy: A case study of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 9 (4), 28 – 37.
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