Elaine,

I have not seen the source of the data Danny is listing, but I have seen several churches where women were installed in pastoral roles. Those that installed women for the sake of installing a woman quickly experienced a downturn in attendance and one of them has ceased to exist. But others are doing very well with some growing faster than they did before. That is remarkably consistent with churches using only men as pastors. So, what accounts for the difference? My observation is that it is the spiritual commitment of the pastor.