National Council of Churches elects all-female officers, approves NRSV update
The National Council of Churches has elected an all-female slate of officers for the first time in the ecumenical organization’s 71-year history.
Teresa Jefferson-Snorton, leader of the Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, on October 13 became chair of the organization, starting a two-year term along with the other officers.
She is joined by vice chair Elizabeth Eaton, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; secretary Kimberly Gordon Brooks, first vice president of the Third District Lay Organization of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; and treasurer Teresa Hord Owens, general minister and president of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
