In today's paper, reporter Carly Crane reports that last month, the 108th Street church ordained Eva Duzant, the church's first female pastor in its 90-year history.
Southern Baptist congregation members said that it was about time for a woman to come to the forefront of the church.
“I think women need to be more involved in the teaching,” Paralee Feld, a member of the congregation, said.
But she also said that the gender should not be at issue. “I don’t care if it’s a man or a woman, as long as they are teaching me the gospel,” Feld said.
With Duzant being appointed minister and this past Tuesday having been Equal Pay Day, meant to bring awareness to the fact that women make 77 cents on average for every dollar men earn, I decided it was time we celebrate two of the women we love most at Columbia.
- Alma Mater: Who would tourists take pictures with if not for Alma? Who would give the incoming class the quickly shattered hope of becoming valedictorian if not for Alma? But seriously, who would serve as the icon of our campus if not for Alma? People may not know the name of the "big glass building" or which library's the real one, but everybody knows Alma. Alma is our Eiffel Tower, our Statue of Liberty, and I can't think of anyone else who could do the job better.
