The story of God and the woman
Jerena Lee's pulpit
The story of God and the woman is attached to many negative narratives, although the relationship between God and the woman can be seen from the beginning of creation as stable, many still tend to display this relationship as irrelevant compared to men, God and the woman negative narrative runs strong and long in many religions, if the is anything all religions have in common is sidelining the woman, many women have only dreamt of serving the Lord and many have died with that dream yet still others did everything to live the dream.
Jerena Lee was one woman who made sure her preaching dreams where realized, she was born in Cape May, New Jersey in the late 1700s, at the young age of 7 she was working as a domestic for a white family, this stage of her life would prepare her for what her calling would bring endurance separation and pain. Jerena Lee was not born in a Christian home it was only later in life when she was 16 years old that she encountered the message of salvation, after attending a church service one Sunday morning she felt the presence of the Holy Spirit over her, at that moment she did not have the desire to preach the word but she became very active in the church so much so that she fell in love with a pastor and married him, as she grew older her desire for the pulpit also grew and she was determined to stand on that pulpit one day, many things were unheard of during this period of time but certain things were just not about to change, the church was not about to allow the change that came with Jerena.
Jerena answered the Lord's call to ministry but the clergy denied her the opportunity to preach. Sister girl was determined to preach and in her quest to the pulpit she recognized the oppression of women all around, she fought for women's rights not only in the church but also in other aspects of the life.
This remarkable woman fought everything and everyone who stood in her way, she believed God gave her the gift to preach and so she must preach, breaking rules and laws was her second nature, taking a no was a no no, as a widow with two young children Jerena was not distracted by this painful phase of her life, Jerena was blessed by Rev Richard Allen who believed in her and gave her his pulpit but the rest of church did not bless her, this led her to become a travelling minister to maintain peace, Jerena travelled far and wide proclaiming the word of God this decision landed her a lot of popularity and her style of preaching captured many, the church must have thought "we denied her the pulpit but we forgot the platform" Jerena was the cool pastor that makes church fun, you know the life of the party, in this case, the life of the church, rainbows and sunshine were far from this story because even when she travelled preaching the word of God the men of the church never truly accepted her, the church which was very traditional was not ready for women, nevertheless Jerena Lee become the first African American woman to preach on the pulpit of a Methodist church in an era were it was utmost taboo.
She believed God did not only call the men but the women too, "for the man may preach because the Savior died for him, why not the woman? Seeing he died for her also. Is he not a whole Savior, instead of a half one? As those who hold it wrong for a woman to preach would seem to make it appear"
Yes to women like Jerena Lee, who path the way for preacher girls!
Jerena Lee was one woman who made sure her preaching dreams where realized, she was born in Cape May, New Jersey in the late 1700s, at the young age of 7 she was working as a domestic for a white family, this stage of her life would prepare her for what her calling would bring endurance separation and pain. Jerena Lee was not born in a Christian home it was only later in life when she was 16 years old that she encountered the message of salvation, after attending a church service one Sunday morning she felt the presence of the Holy Spirit over her, at that moment she did not have the desire to preach the word but she became very active in the church so much so that she fell in love with a pastor and married him, as she grew older her desire for the pulpit also grew and she was determined to stand on that pulpit one day, many things were unheard of during this period of time but certain things were just not about to change, the church was not about to allow the change that came with Jerena.
Jerena answered the Lord's call to ministry but the clergy denied her the opportunity to preach. Sister girl was determined to preach and in her quest to the pulpit she recognized the oppression of women all around, she fought for women's rights not only in the church but also in other aspects of the life.
This remarkable woman fought everything and everyone who stood in her way, she believed God gave her the gift to preach and so she must preach, breaking rules and laws was her second nature, taking a no was a no no, as a widow with two young children Jerena was not distracted by this painful phase of her life, Jerena was blessed by Rev Richard Allen who believed in her and gave her his pulpit but the rest of church did not bless her, this led her to become a travelling minister to maintain peace, Jerena travelled far and wide proclaiming the word of God this decision landed her a lot of popularity and her style of preaching captured many, the church must have thought "we denied her the pulpit but we forgot the platform" Jerena was the cool pastor that makes church fun, you know the life of the party, in this case, the life of the church, rainbows and sunshine were far from this story because even when she travelled preaching the word of God the men of the church never truly accepted her, the church which was very traditional was not ready for women, nevertheless Jerena Lee become the first African American woman to preach on the pulpit of a Methodist church in an era were it was utmost taboo.
She believed God did not only call the men but the women too, "for the man may preach because the Savior died for him, why not the woman? Seeing he died for her also. Is he not a whole Savior, instead of a half one? As those who hold it wrong for a woman to preach would seem to make it appear"
Yes to women like Jerena Lee, who path the way for preacher girls!
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