by Wanda Kidd | May 7, 2026 | Opinion
I was an old soul as a child. I liked to talk and would have deep conversations with adults wherever I went. My aunt and uncle, who was a preacher, often picked me up to stay with them for the weekend. They had only one son, much older than me, and they seemed...
by Eileen R. Campbell-Reed | Mar 8, 2026 | Opinion
On March 8, International Women’s Day reaches a milestone of 115 years of advocating for equality in women’s work, voting rights and well-being. On this day, clergywomen in the U.S. can also celebrate a milestone in the uphill calling toward equality in...
by Erika Jackson-Essiem | Sep 30, 2025 | Opinion
Today I realized I am living the life I once only dreamed of. But to understand that, you need to know where I began. I grew up in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC)—a tradition rooted in holiness, revival and fire. This both shaped and constrained me. In that world,...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Aug 7, 2025 | News
Last Friday, Rev. Dr. Eileen Campbell-Reed announced she has received two grants to update the 2018 State of Clergywomen Report. In the original 2018 report, Campbell-Reed sought to address a single question: How has the social location of ministers in the United...
by Georgia McKee | Jun 9, 2025 | Opinion
“Nobody cares about women’s sports.” It’s the sentence that echoed through my athletic career. It was whispered in middle school gyms when our basketball games got bumped to Thursdays so the boys could have the “real” Friday night lights. We felt it in...
