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Article: First AME Female Bishop In 213 Years.(Vashti Murphy McKenzie of the African Methodist Episcopal Church)
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- Ebony
- Article date:
- September 1, 2000
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The Rev. Vashti Murphy McKenzie shatters the "stained glass ceiling"
ON a Sunday morning five years ago, the Rev. Vashti Murphy McKenzie had the second revelation that would change her life. The first had been her call to preach. Now, as she stood on the pulpit of her church, she faced another soul-shaking vision.
Tears ran down her face. Her husband, son and ministerial staff sped to her side. She trembled at the thought of what this moment would mean.
"Something overwhelmed me," says the pastor of Baltimore's Payne Memorial AME Church. "I felt a sense of urgency and peace at the same time. It sounds contradictory but it's true. A voice told ...