{"id":9869,"date":"2025-03-04T14:43:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/bishop\/?p=9869"},"modified":"2025-03-04T14:54:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T19:54:29","slug":"bishop-shelton-womens-history-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/bishop\/2025\/03\/bishop-shelton-womens-history-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Women&#8217;s Contributions in the NC Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bishop Shelton celebrates Women&#8217;s History Month by remembering the women who found the empty tomb on the first Easter morning and the women in the North Carolina Conference who were the first ordained women to occupy key leadership positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bishop Shelton also highlights the ongoing ministry of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/ministries\/cosrow\/\">Commission on the Status and Role of Women<\/a> and their partnership with the <a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/leadership\/\">Center for 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