When Philadelphia’s St. Paul Baptist Church hired the Rev. Leslie Callahan as its first female pastor, in 2009, she was nearing her 40th birthday and the tick-tock of her biological clock was getting hard to ignore.
She delighted in her ministry but also wanted a husband and children in her life. The husband she couldn’t do much about ”” he just hadn’t stepped into her life.
“But it was clear to me that I was going to do everything in my power to realize my dream of becoming a parent,” she said.Read it all.
Am I missing something here? There are many children languishing in foster care. Did none of these priestesses consider adoption?
Sophy,
Two of the women mentioned in the article are adoptive mothers; I see nothing wrong with following that route. Assisted reproduction is another matter.