| 词条 | Draft:Jeanne Audrey Powers |
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Jeanne Audrey Powers (July 5, 1932 - September 29, 2017) was a United Methodist Church deacon, one first women ever ordained by that organization. She came out as a lesbian in 1995 and was forced to retire early from UMC. Early lifePowers was born and raised in Mankato, Minnesota. Career and retirementFrom 1972 to 1996, Powers served as Associate General Secretary for the General Commission on Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns.[1] Powers was involved in the organization and hosting of the 1993 Re-Imagining Conference, which was a meeting of supporters of feminism and female clergy in Minnesota. The conference drew large amounts of attention, both positive and negative.[2] In her 1995 sermon titled "The Journey," Powers came out as a lesbian in public for the first time.[3] CollectionThe papers of Jeanne Audrey Powers are currently housed in Durham, North Carolina as part of the archives of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, in the David Rubenstein Library at Duke University.[4] References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://psr.edu/jeanne-audrey-powers-in-memoriam/|title=In Memoriam: Rev. Jeanne Audrey Powers|work=Pacific School of Religion|access-date=2018-10-19|language=en-US}} 2. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/14/us/cries-of-heresy-after-feminists-meet.html|title=Cries of Heresy After Feminists Meet|last=Steinfels|first=Peter|access-date=2018-10-19|language=en}} 3. ^{{Citation|last=Reconciling Ministries Network|title=Jeanne Audrey Powers|date=2010-07-19|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VN5SqeU58JQ#t=16|access-date=2018-10-19}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.library.duke.edu/rubenstein/2015/04/08/the-journey-of-reverend-jeanne-audrey-powers-papers-at-duke/|title="The Journey" of Reverend Jeanne Audrey Powers' Papers at Duke - The Devil's Tale|date=2015-04-08|work=The Devil's Tale|access-date=2018-10-19|language=en-US}} |
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