Women in Ministry

The Unity Women’s Desk celebrates and supports women in ministry, both ordained and lay. Please share texts by Moravian Sisters in ministry or stories about our Sisters’ ministry!

For more devotional and spiritual resources for reflection and meditation click here.

Ordained Ministry

  • You can read Bishop Blair Couch’s reflections for Easter here.

  • Dena Fortuzzi is studying to become the first ordained pastor in Albania.

  • You can watch Rev. Sandra Thigpen’s Ash Wednesday Day of Prayer Service 2019 sermon here.
  • You can read Rev. Adelyn V. Mgonela’s “Practicing the ‘Selah,'” a reflection on living how God intended, here.
  • Carol Foltz is the 1st Female Bishop for the Southern Province of the USA. Consecrated June 10, 2018.
  • Mary Kategile’s thesis for her Master of Arts in Theological Studies degree is entitled, “The Ordination of Women in the Moravian Church in Tanzania.”This thesis explores the ordination of women from:
    • Biblical perspectives
    • Historical and traditional perspectives
    • Cultural perspectives

      Click the link below to access the full text of Mary’s thesis.

      Mary Kategile’s Final Thesis

Lay Ministry

E. Artis Weber’s Premiere performance of “Salt of the Earth Are We” commissioned by Moravian Women’s Consultation

  • Article in the Winston-Salem Journal