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- Title
Resources, Race, and Female-Headed Congregations in the United States.
- Authors
Konieczny, Mary Ellen; Chaves, Mark
- Abstract
This paper uses the 1998 National Congregations Study (NCS) to investigate the demographic and organizational characteristics of female-headed congregations in the United States. Our findings significantly extend knowledge about the demographic characteristics of these congregations. Counterintuitively, female-led congregations are more likely to be found in urban areas than in other locations, and they are more prevalent among African American congregations-particularly those with no denominational ties-and among ethnically mixed congregations. Our findings also confirm previous research on women clergy which indicates that, compared with congregations led by men, there is a paucity of organizational resources in female-headed congregations.
- Subjects
UNITED States; RELIGIOUS gatherings; DEMOGRAPHY; AFRICAN Americans; MEETINGS; POPULATION
- Publication
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 2000, Vol 39, Issue 3, p261
- ISSN
0021-8294
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/0021-8294.00022