Ordination of women in Christianity

==== United States ====
* The [[Evangelical Lutheran Church in America]] (ELCA) is the largest Lutheran body in the US. The church bodies that formed the ELCA in 1988 began ordaining women in 1970 when the [[Lutheran Church in America]] ordained [[Elizabeth Platz]]. In 2017 about 27% of the rostered leaders were women and about 50% of the seminarians preparing for ministry were women.<ref name="elca-facts">{{cite web|title=ELCA Facts|url=https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/ELCA-Facts|website=ELCA.org|publisher=ELCA|access-date=15 May 2017|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180920084229/https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/ELCA-Facts|archive-date=20 September 2018|df=dmy-all}}</ref> In 2013 the first female presiding bishop of the ELCA, [[Elizabeth Eaton]], was elected.<ref>{{cite web|title=Presiding Bishop|url=https://www.elca.org/About/Leadership/Churchwide-Officers/Presiding-Bishop|website=ELCA.org|publisher=ELCA|access-date=15 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> In 2018 16 of the 65 synodical bishops (17 bishops including Presiding Bishop Eaton) in the ELCA were women <ref>{{cite web |title='She is loose': A historic group of female Lutheran bishops on #MeToo and the Holy Spirit |url=https://religionnews.com/2018/07/25/new-elca-female-synod-bishops-talk-metoo-religious-left-what-lutheran-looks-like/ |website=Religion News Service |access-date=29 September 2018|date=25 July 2018 }}</ref>
* The [[General Lutheran Church]] ordains women.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* The [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]] (LCMS), which is the second largest [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] body in the United States, does not ordain women.<ref>{{cite web|title=Women in the Church: Scriptural Principles and Ecclesial Practice|url=https://files.lcms.org/dl/f/6CE2573A-4E8F-4EC8-A2B0-098BD1747124|website=lcms.org|publisher=LCMS|access-date=6 February 2023|language=en}}</ref>
*The [[Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ]] (LCMC) also allows for the ordination of women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lcmc.net/becoming-a-pastor|title=Becoming an LCMC Pastor 101 – LCMC|website=www.lcmc.net|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref>
*The [[North American Lutheran Church]], was founded in 2010 does ordain women.<ref>{{cite web |title=Constitution of the North American Lutheran Church |url=https://www.thenalc.org/wp-content/uploads/Documents/Governance/NALC-Constitution-Ratified-2016-February-15.pdf |access-date=22 January 2019 |page=3.06 |date=15 February 2016}}</ref> The NALC has established ecumenical dialog with a number of Lutheran bodies, both those that ordain women and those that do not.
* The [[Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] does not ordain women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wels.net/faq/why-no-women-pastors/|title=Why no women pastors?|website=wels.net|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>
* The [[Evangelical Lutheran Synod]] does not ordain women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://els.org/beliefs/doctrinal-statements/roles-of-men-and-women-in-the-church/|title=Roles of Men and Women in the Church|website=els.org/|access-date=6 February 2023}}</ref>
* The [[Church of the Lutheran Confession]] does not ordain women.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lutheranmissions.org/the-position-of-women-in-the-church/|title = The Position of Women in the Church}}</ref>
* [[The Lutheran Evangelical Protestant Church]] (GCEPC) has ordained women since its inception in 2000. Ordination of women is not a controversial issue in the LEPC/GCEPC. Women are ordained/consecrated at all levels, including deacon, priest, and bishop in the LEPC/GCEPC.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}