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Addie Davis, first woman ordained as Southern Baptist pastor, dies at 88
COVINGTON, Va. (ABP) -- Addie Elizabeth Davis died Dec. 3, in her hometown of Covington, Va., after a brief illness. She was 88. Her ordination to the gospel ministry by Watts Street Baptist Church in Durham, N.C., on Aug. 9, 1964, marked the first time a Southern Baptist congregation had ordained a woman to pastoral...
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