Ordination of women in Christianity

==== Australia ====
* The [[Uniting Church in Australia]] has ordained women since it formed in 1977. The three member denominations, the [[Congregational Union of Australia]], the [[Methodist Church of Australasia]] and the [[Presbyterian Church of Australia]] had all ordained women prior to Union. The [[Congregational Union of Australia]] ordained the first woman in Christian ministry in Australia, Rev [[Winifred Kiek]] in 1927. The [[Methodist Church of Australasia]] first ordained women (Rev Margaret Sanders and Rev [[Coralie Ling]]) in 1969, while the [[Presbyterian Church of Australia]] ordained its first woman minister in 1974. After formation of the [[Uniting Church in Australia]], the continuing [[Presbyterian Church of Australia]] reversed the decision to ordain women in 1991.
* The [[Presbyterian Church of Australia]] does not ordain women. As mentioned above some of its congregations left to join the new Uniting Church in 1977, 14 years later in 1991 it ceased ordaining women to the ministry, but the rights of women ordained prior to this time were not affected.<ref>[http://www.presbyterian.org.au/belief.htm Scheme of Union] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403011159/http://www.presbyterian.org.au/belief.htm |date=3 April 2010 }} of the [[Presbyterian Church of Australia]].</ref>