Marjorie Swank Matthews (July 11, 1916 – June 30, 1986) was an American bishop of the United Methodist Church and the first woman to serve as a Methodist...
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Look up Marjorie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Marjorie is a female given name derived from Margaret, which means pearl. It can also be spelled...
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Conference. United Methodist bishops may be male or female, with Marjorie Matthews being the first woman to be consecrated a bishop in 1980. The collegial...
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lead vocalist role.[citation needed] According to writers Marjorie Galen and Gordon Matthews, Can't Buy a Thrill features an upbeat soft rock style. Music...
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first woman elected bishop of any mainline Christian church) was Marjorie Matthews in 1980. Leontine T. Kelly, in 1984, was the first African-American...
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the 50 (30%) United Methodist bishops serving the U.S. are women. Marjorie Matthews, elected bishop in the United Methodist Church in 1980. She was the...
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original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015. Galen, Marjorie; Matthews, Gordon (September 1, 2007). Legends of Rock. Ashland, Ohio: Dalmatian...
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1935: Regina Jonas first woman to be ordained as a rabbi. 1980: Marjorie Matthews, first woman to become a bishop of the United Methodist Church. 1989:...
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Seybert, Matthew Simpson, John S. Stamm, William Ragsdale Cannon, Marjorie Matthews (the first female Methodist bishop), Leontine T. Kelly, Vashti Murphy...
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fully-ordained ministers. The UMC elected its first woman bishop, Marjorie Matthews, in 1980. The first African American woman bishop, Leontine T. C....
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