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A 3 page summation of chapter 8 of Estrelda Y. Alexander's Black Fire, One Hundred years of African American Pentecostalism. No additional sources are cited
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begins by pointing out that Sinclair Drake and Horace Cayton pointed out in 1945 that the prohibition against female pastors in mainline African American churches greatly facilitated the popularity of
the Pentecostal movement among women, which permits women to rise to the top leadership positions (Alexander 293)(All subsequent citations refer to this text). In addition to serving as pastors, women
have been dominant in Pentecostal congregations, served as missionaries, and developed the variety of auxiliary organizations that have driven the growth of the Pentecostal movement. However, it is also true
that there was considerable variance in the degree of leadership opportunity available to women within the movement as well. The author begins by describing the role of black Pentecostal
women leaders at the Azusa Street mission, indicating that black women, employed as house servants, were among the first to experience Pentecostal Spirit baptism (295). This section describes the specific
roles and contributions of mission leaders Neely Terry, Lucy Farrow, Julia Hutchins and Jennie Moore Seymour. The next section describes the role of black Pentecostal women leaders since the decline
of Azusa Street (300). This section describes the contributions and roles played by Mary Magdalena Tate, Carrie Gurry, Lucy Smith, Bishop Ida Robinson, Rosa Horn and Charleszette Waddles. The author
also describes the role of women leaders in the smaller denominations. The next section describes the prominent role played by the Church of God in Christ (COGIC), noting that
over half of all African American Pentecostal belong to this organization and half of the COGIC members are women (311). Within the COGIC, womens leadership and ministry developed a "distinctive
character," which empowered women while simultaneously maintaining traditional male ecclesial authority (311). Alexander discusses this leadership and how it was expressed through the Womens Department auxiliaries and the national mothers,
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