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Demarginalizing Black Ordained Women’S Voices In The Black Baptist Church: A Phenomenological Study Of Black Women Ministers’ Lived Experiences When Seeking Cleric Leadership Roles, Angela Mosley-Monts

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation sought to understand the living experiences of Black Ordained Women in the Black Baptist Church. The study employs a phenomenological perspective and interviews to gather the voices and lived experiences of ordained Black women ministers who have served in the Black Baptist Church at various times. Womanist Theology and Black Feminism form the theoretical basis of the study. Black ordained women interviewed in this study are currently or formerly associated with the Antioch District Missionary Baptist Association, the Antioch District Congress, and the Regular Arkansas Congress of Christian Education. Although some Black ordained women remain with the Black …