Anyone in attendance at an ordination service in the Free Presbyterian Church cannot fail to note one pledge required of those entering into office.

2015/05 Guarding the Pulpit A few months back, in the aftermath of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland’s failure to elect a first female Moderator, a prominent Religion Correspondent, himself a Presbyterian, railed against the “male brotherhood” in his denomination. He went on to express dismay that “some male ministers are still able to bar women