A Priest Forever: The Story of Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi

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Peter LimFollow

Abstract

[Florence Li] exercised her priesthood with such faithfulness and quiet dignity that she won tremendous respect for herself and increasing support for other women seeking ordination . .. The very quality of Ms. Li's ministry in China and in Canada and the grace with which she exercised her priesthood helped convince many people through the communion and beyond that the Holy Spirit was certainly working in and through women priests. -General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada, 2004 Resolution Apart from sectarian movements, the institutionalized protestant churches by and large did not provide women with opportunities for ministry in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Tucker & Liefeld, 1987, pp. 243- 244). Nevertheless, the issue of women in ministry has become a hot topic for discussion since the 1970s and 1980s, even in a relatively smaller denomination such as the Church of God in Anderson, Indiana (Leonard, 1989, p. xiii). The ordination of women priests in the Anglican churches officially began in 1971 (Jones, 2004, p. 20). However, the fact that the ordination of the first woman priest within the Anglican Communion actually happened during World War II in wartime China remains unknown to many within the flock and beyond.

Recommended Citation

Lim, Peter (2007) "A Priest Forever: The Story of Rev. Florence Li Tim-Oi," International Journal of Servant-Leadership: Vol. 3, Article 30.
DOI: 10.33972/ijsl.282
Available at: https://repository.gonzaga.edu/ijsl/vol3/iss1/30

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