Seventh-day Adventists Put Woman in Key Post
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About 70,000 Seventh-day Adventist members meeting in St. Louis for the church’s worldwide conference elevated a woman to a top leadership post for the first time.
Ella Louise Smith Simmons, 57, will serve as one of nine vice presidents.
“The church as an organization cannot be efficient until it allows all people to contribute in ways that God calls them to contribute,” she said. “The church is taking a step in the right direction.”
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