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$\"Beth$ <\/p>\n

A woman has become the first woman elected to the leadership of the national Assemblies of God USA.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth (Beth) Grant, a veteran missionary and coordinator of the Women in Ministry Network, was greeted with a standing ovation from ministers and delegates after her election as the ordained female executive presbyter. The Assemblies\u2019 Executive Presbytery is a 20-member body that serves as the board of directors for the 2.8 million-member fellowship of Pentecostal churches.<\/p>\n

She was one of four candidates for the position on the Executive Presbytery that the 2007 General Council set aside for a woman, the first female position on that body.<\/p>\n

\u201cLadies, thank you for hanging in there. But after 90-something years, what\u2019s a few hours?\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are here today and we in this vote are saying thank you God for the women in our Movement,\u201d she said. \u201cAs I travel this nation, I meet many of you (women), and you inspire us, you inspire this Movement by your obedience to God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grant had already made a little bit of history two years ago, when she was one of the three candidates in the final rounds of balloting for assistant general superintendent. Based on available records and memories at the time, Grant was the first woman to advance that far in the election for a top executive office.<\/p>\n

Grant and her husband David have served as Assemblies of God missionaries to Southern Asia for 28 years. They currently run Project Rescue in India, a ministry to prostitutes and sex-trade workers in five cities.<\/p>\n

Report taken from the North Escambia local news. \u00a0http:\/\/www.northescambia.com\/?p=10161<\/a><\/p>\n

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A woman has become the first woman elected to the leadership of the national Assemblies of God USA. Elizabeth (Beth) Grant, a veteran missionary and coordinator of the Women in Ministry Network, was greeted with a standing ovation from ministers and delegates after her election as the ordained female executive presbyter. The Assemblies\u2019 Executive Presbytery is a 20-member body that serves as the board of directors for the 2.8 million-member fellowship of Pentecostal churches. She was one of four candidates…<\/p>\n