Baptist News Global's obituary of Addie Davis, who was ordained to the gospel ministry by Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina on 9 August 1964, the first woman ordained by a Southern Baptist congregation, made possible by Baptist congregational polity leaving ordination entirely to the local church's own decision rather than any denomination-wide rule; the 1965 Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting did not take the matter up at all.
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A specialist independent Baptist news organization, editorially separate from the Southern Baptist Convention's own communications. The 9 August 1964 date and the Watts Street Baptist Church setting are corroborated against the Association of Religion Data Archives' own timeline entry before citing. NotesCited for the 9 August 1964 ordination of Addie Davis and the absence of any denomination-wide rule against it at the time.
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PublisherBaptist News Global
URLhttps://baptistnews.com/article/addie-davis-first-woman-ordained-as-southern-baptist-pastor-dies-at-88/
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This source names Baptist directly: "Baptist News Global's obituary of Addie Davis, who was ordained to the gospel ministry by Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina on 9 August 1964, the first woman ordained by a..."
Source Addie Davis, First Woman Ordained as Southern Baptist Pastor, Dies at 88 (Baptist News Global)
Durham, Cities This source names Durham directly: "by Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina on 9 August 1964, the first woman ordained by a Southern Baptist congregation, made possible by Baptist congregational polity leaving..."
Source Addie Davis, First Woman Ordained as Southern Baptist Pastor, Dies at 88 (Baptist News Global)
This source names North Carolina directly: "Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina on 9 August 1964, the first woman ordained by a Southern Baptist congregation, made possible by Baptist congregational polity leaving ordination..."
Source Addie Davis, First Woman Ordained as Southern Baptist Pastor, Dies at 88 (Baptist News Global)
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