In My Father’s House: Religion and Gender in African-American Political Life

Abstract The general run of church women do not challenge or resent male domination in the pulpit. They accept their place in a church pattern where the shepherds of the sheep are men. A lot of our brothers don’t mind women cleaning up in front of the pulpit, cleaning up the pulpit, but don’t believe you can stand in the pulpit. If God can use Balaam’s jackass to preach His word, can use a man to preach His word, God can use a woman to preach His word.