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Item Examination of Ordination of Women as Church Ministers and Leaders in East Africa Pentecostal Churches :a case study of Tharaka North District.(2014-05-21) Kaibiru, Albert KathenyaThis study exarrunes the perceptions held by leaders in EAPC on women ordination and leadership. A qualitative study and data collected using face to face open ended interviews that were recorded and transcribed. The report reveals that, there is no known theological stand on the issue of women ordination. The church has not formulated any universal church doctrine that could be passed on to her members as an official church view. Much of what is being practiced is based on cultural inclinations and each chooses what to believe as a leader and passes it on in his area of jurisdiction.Item Ordination of Women In The Episcopal Church of Rwanda(2014-05-16) Tabu, VenerandaThe purpose of this study is to find out whether the ordination of women can result in the growth of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda. The second chapter is a study of the traditional teaching on women ordination, a study which includes the practice of Judaism, the Early Church, and Christianity today. In the third chapter, the cultural factors susceptible to affect women ordination are examined. In the fourth chapter, the biblical teaching regarding women ordination, there is an analysis of arguments for and against women ordination. Chapter five is the analysis of the data collected from the bishops, the pastors, the laymen, and the laywomen of the Episcopal Church of Rwanda. In the sixth chapter, recommendations for organizing seminars and workshops related to women ordination, for training women in theology, for ordaining women mature in faith and women whose husbands are dedicated Christians are given.