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Addie Elizabeth Davis (29 June 1917 – 3 December 2005) was an American Southern Baptist religious leader. In 1964, she became the first woman to be ordained as a Southern Baptist pastor.
Addie Davis, first woman ordained as Southern Baptist pastor, dies at 88. COVINGTON, Va. (ABP) — Addie Elizabeth Davis died Dec. 3, in her hometown of Covington, Va., after a brief illness. She was 88. Her ordination to the gospel ministry by Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., on Aug. 9, 1964, marked the first time a Southern ...
May 4, 2021 · Addie Davis made history in 1964 when she became the first woman to be ordained as a minister by a Southern Baptist church. Although she did receive her fair share of hate letters and calls for her to renounce her ordination, Davis’ ordination did not quickly lead to a movement of women requesting ordination. In fact, it would be another ...
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Jun 20, 2023 · The first woman to be ‘ordained’ as a Southern Baptist pastor is considered historic, and often held out as an example of a female pastor. But it turns out Addie E. Davis was keeping secrets.
Nov 12, 2021 · The first woman to be ordained by a Southern Baptist church was Addie Davis by the Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina in 1964. Davis couldn’t find a single Southern Baptist church that would hire her as senior pastor.
Addie Elizabeth Davis, the first woman ordained by a Southern Baptist congregation, died Dec. 3, in her hometown of Covington, Va., after a brief illness. She was 88.
Aug 14, 2019 · Fifty-five years ago, on August 9, 1964, Addie Davis became the first ordained woman minister in Southern Baptist circles. On that Sunday, Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, North Carolina, set her apart for the gospel ministry.
