Ordination of women in Christianity

===Methodist===
{{Main|Ordination of women in Methodism}}
* The [[United Methodist Church]] [[Ordination of women in the United Methodist Church|ordains women]]. In 1880, [[Anna Howard Shaw]] was ordained by the [[Methodist Protestant Church]]; Ella Niswonger was ordained in 1889 by the [[Church of the United Brethren in Christ|United Brethren Church]]. Both denominations later merged into the United Methodist Church. In 1956, the Methodist Church in America granted ordination and full clergy rights to women. Since that time, women have been [[Holy Orders|ordained]] full [[Elder (religious)|elders]] (pastors) in the denomination, and 21 have been elevated to the [[Bishop|episcopacy]]. In 1967 Noemi Diaz is the first Hispanic woman ordained by an Annual Conference. The New York Annual Conference did the honors.<ref>Rev. Patricia J. thompson, Courageous Past—Bold Future {{ISBN|0-938162-99-3}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gcah.org/history/united-methodist-church-timeline|title=United Methodist Church Timeline – GCAH|author=Paramore the digital agency|website=www.gcah.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nyac.com/console/files/oFiles_Library_XZXLCZ/2010NYACJournalSection8_JRMFXYYM.pdf|title=2010 New York Annual Conference Newsletter}}</ref> The first woman elected and consecrated Bishop within the United Methodist Church (and, indeed, the first woman elected bishop of any mainline Christian church) was [[Marjorie Matthews]] in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umc.org/who-we-are/frequently-asked-questions-about-the-council-of-bishops|title=Frequently Asked Questions about the Council of Bishops|last=Communications|first=United Methodist|website=The United Methodist Church|language=en|access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref> [[Leontine T. Kelly]], in 1984, was the first African-American woman elevated to the [[Bishop|episcopacy]] in any mainline denomination. In Germany [[Rosemarie Wenner]] is since 2005 leading bishop in the United Methodist Church. Bishop [[Karen Oliveto]], currently serving, is the first openly lesbian bishop in The United Methodist Church.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.umc.org/bishops/bishop-karen-oliveto|title=Bishop Karen Oliveto|last=Communications|first=United Methodist|website=The United Methodist Church|language=en|access-date=2018-12-05}}</ref>
* The [[Primitive Methodist Church]] does not ordain women as [[Elder (Methodism)|elders]] nor does it license them as pastors or [[Methodist local preacher|local preachers]];<ref name="PMC2013">{{cite web|url=http://www.primitivemethodistchurch.org/Discipline-2013.pdf|title=Discipline of the Primitive Methodist Church in the United States of America|publisher=[[Primitive Methodist Church]]|language=en|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref> the PMC does consecrate women as [[deaconesses]].<ref name="PMC2013"/>
* The [[Evangelical Wesleyan Church]] (EWC) does not ordain women as [[Elder (Methodism)|elders]] although it does commission women as [[deaconesses]].<ref name="EWC2015">{{cite book|title=The Discipline of the Evangelical Wesleyan Church |year=2015|publisher=[[Evangelical Wesleyan Church]]|language=en|pages=115}}</ref> 
* The [[Fundamental Methodist Conference, Inc.|Fundamental Methodist Conference]] does not ordain women.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* The [[Southern Methodist Church]] does not ordain women.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* The [[Free Methodist Church]] has ordained women since 1911.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fmcusa.org/blog/1995/08/01/fmc-statement-on-women-in-ministry/|title=FMC Statement on Women in Ministry|publisher=[[Free Methodist Church]]|access-date=31 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807022256/http://fmcusa.org/blog/1995/08/01/fmc-statement-on-women-in-ministry/|archive-date=7 August 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* The [[Bible Methodist Connection of Churches]] ordains women.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biblemethodist.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/proof2.pdf|title=The Bible Methodist, Issue I, Volume 49|last=Sams|first=G. Clair|year=2017|publisher=[[Bible Methodist Connection of Churches]]|page=2|language=en|access-date=31 May 2017}}</ref>
* The [[Salvation Army]] ordains women and has done since its inception. Catherine Booth was co-founder, with her husband William.
* The [[Church of the Nazarene]] ordains women, with the first women being ordained since 1908.{{citation needed|date=March 2018}}
* The [[Wesleyan Methodist Church (United States)|Wesleyan Methodist Church]] (which is now the [[Allegheny Wesleyan Methodist Connection]] and [[Wesleyan Church]]) has ordained women as ministers since near its inception, and claims to be one of the first to ordain women in the modern era.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://secure.wesleyan.org/147/women-in-ministry-historical-view|title = Women in Ministry Historical View}}</ref>