How Do Female-Led Ministry Teams Compare in Growth Outcomes to Male-Only Teams?

Executive summary

Direct comparative data on church growth outcomes between female-led and male-only ministry teams remains exceptionally scarce, both within Adventism and across Protestantism generally. In mainline denominations where women's ordination has been practiced for decades, women now comprise approximately 32% of clergy (2017), yet no rigorous studies have demonstrated either superior or inferior growth outcomes attributable to clergy gender. Within Adventism, the question is further complicated by th...