Doug's Blog: Sunday Schools and the Feminization of American Christianity

“During the 19th century there were three major movements in American Protestant Churches that began the process of feminizing their leadership. The first of these was the Sunday school movement. The second was the foreign missions movement; and the third was the deaconess movement. Before the last quarter of the 18th century, Sunday schools did not exist, missionaries were men, and there was no such office as deaconess. During the 19th century the feminists, many of whom were not women and most of whom were moderate by today’s standards, began their drive to control the churches. The drive began first with the Sunday school movement.” “The Church Effeminate,” from The Church Effeminate, editor John Robbins, pg 238.