Shattering the glass ceiling at the National Baptist Convention

Dr. Gina Stewart. Courtesy photo & Rev. Dr. Gina Marcia Stewart is the first woman ever to preach at the event — the latest gender equity milestone for a house of worship. & by& Rev. Dorothy S. Boulware, Word In Black A woman was the first to carry the good news that Jesus Christ was alive and no longer in his tomb. But women have largely been excluded from religious leadership for centuries without denominational or credal distinction —& and that’s in spite of the fact that women outnumber men in& offering their spiritual, emotional, and financial support& to congregations.& So the shot was heard around the world on January 23, as the word went out that Rev. Dr. Gina Marcia Stewart was preaching for the National Baptist Convention of the United States. Stewart is the first woman to preach at the convention.& RELATED:& Reverend Barber’s Bold Vision: A Vote Revolution Among the Poor And, as the saying goes, she& preached the horn off the Billy goat. With her extraordinarily Baptist delivery, she had the attention of everyone within hearing range.& & “At the heart of the message lies the pivotal point. Pilate asked the right and crucial question,” Stewart...