From Tennessee-
Ministry in America has been dominated by men since the founding of our country.
No matter the denomination, the people in charge have been and mostly still are men. Don't think that has held back three Clarksville female ministers from impacting the lives of others.
Rev. Angela Jones, pastor of non-denominational Greenhill Church on Walker Street; Rev. Lisa Martin, Minister of Discipleship at Clarksville Cumberland Presbyterian Church on Golf Club Lane, and Rev. Dorothy Hartzog, Associate Rector of Trinity Episcopal Church on Franklin Street, do not let their gender stand in the way of being ministers.
It was 1985 when Jones mentioned to her husband that she felt the calling to serve in ministry. Her husband, the late Rev. Raliegh Jones, was pastor of the Greenhill Church at that time. As she said, "Although my husband was a traditional Baptist preacher and part of a denomination that did not accept women as preachers or pastors, he knew I was inspired and he supported me."
More here-
http://www.theleafchronicle.com/article/20111022/NEWS01/110220315/FAITH-VALUES-Three-Clarksville-women-heed-their-calls-ministry?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CFRONTPAGE%7Cs
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