Although the Reformation was a religious movement, it also had a strong impact on all other aspects of life: marriage and family, education, the humanities and sciences, the political and social order, the economy, and the arts. Protestant churches reject the idea of a celibate priesthood and thus allow their clergy to marry. Many of their families contributed to the development of intellectual elites in their countries. Since about <answer>1950</answer>, women have entered the ministry, and some have assumed leading positions (e.g. bishops), in most Protestant churches.
When did women join the Protestant ministry?
1950