Women-Church Proclamation

By Mary E. Hunt

Response:
We are Women-Church.
We claim our power.

We proclaim our economic power.
We are bread makers and bread winners.
We affirm our responsibility to share the earth’s goods with the earth’s people, to build structures of economic justice for all.

Response:
We are Women-Church.
We claim our power.

We proclaim our spiritual power.
We are healers and holy, priests and prophets.
We affirm our responsibility to break bred and lift a cup in the name of liberation.

Response:
We are Women-Church.
We claim our power.

We proclaim our sexual power.
We are moral agents who make decisions about our bodies.
We affirm our responsibility to make choices that promote dignity and reflect love.

Response:

We are Women-Church.
We claim our power.

We proclaim our political power.
We are voters and change agents.
We affirm our responsibility to influence public policy and to build a new world, starting with the struggling poor.

Response:
We are Women-Church.
We claim our power.

We rejoice in our sisterhood.
We strive to be a “discipleship of equals.”
We commit ourselves to mutual empowerment.

Response:
We are Women-Church.
We claim our power.

Mary E. Hunt, Ph.D., feminist theologian and ethicist, is cofounder and codirector of WATER, the Women’s Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. mhunt@hers.com