Equity for Women in the Church, in partnership with The Gathering: A Womanist Church, created “Equity Live,” featuring live-streamed conversations on the equal representation of clergywomen as pastors. These liberating and illuminating conversations seek to dismantle the interlocking injustices of sexism and racism that impede clergywomen.
The second “Equity Live” features Rev. Dr. Alfie Wines, who initiated events on the theme “I Wish Someone Had Told Me: Women Gifted and Called to Ministry and the People Who Love Them.” Starting with these events and her blog article on the Equity website, she developed a book titled "I Wish Someone Had Told Me: Equity for Women in the Church," scheduled for publication soon. The book, with Dr. Wines as editor, will include chapters by clergywomen and clergymen, seminary and university professors, and family members of clergywomen.
In this “Equity Live” Rev. Dr. Irie Lynne Session interviews Rev. Dr. Alfie Wines about her participation on the board of Equity for Women in the Church, about the Equity book project, about the difference between “equality” and “equity,” and about other isssues related to gender and racial justice. Also in this illuminating conversation Dr. Wines, a Hebrew Bible scholar and pastor, stresses the importance of responsible biblical interpretation to gender equity and justice. She illustrates by correcting misinterpretations of the first three chapters of Genesis and demonstrating that God’s original intent in creation was the equality of female and male.
