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5/13/2019
Dr. Louise Branscomb was a dedicated layperson in the North Alabama Conference. She was a tireless advocate for the vulnerable and collaborated with both laity and clergy to seek justice in the life of the church and its ministries. In 1990 North Alabama’s Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) named the newly created Barrier Breaker Award in honor of Dr. Branscomb, the first recipient. COSROW has continued to present the award in annual recognition of people who do impactful ...
3/14/2019
The Louise Branscomb Barrier Breaker Award celebrates North Alabama United Methodists who are willing to stand up for the rights of marginalized women and minorities and take risks in their ministries. The North Alabama Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women presents this award to the recipient that best embodies the spirit of the award’s namesake. For nearly three decades, COSROW recognizes those who sought justice and advocated for women and minorities in the North Alabama ...
10/24/2018
Dear North Alabama Conference, Recent conversations regarding sexual assault and harassment are a searing reminder that our world is still broken and deeply needs the Church to offer messages and ministries of healing. Many pastors are reporting an increase in survivors’ coming forward to share their stories of assault, harassment and violence. It is so important that, as a faith community, we provide safe space for people to tell their stories and to seek healing. October is Domestic Violence ...
2/15/2018
The Louise Branscomb Barrier Breaker Award celebrates North Alabama United Methodists who are willing to stand up for the rights of marginalized women and minorities and take risks in their ministries. For nearly three decades, the North Alabama Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) annually presents this award to a recipient that best embodies the spirit of the award’s namesake and first recipient, Dr. Louise Branscomb. Its winners have been male and female; clergy and ...
7/31/2017
Each year the Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) recognizes a United Methodist willing to risk and stand up for the rights of women and ethnic minority persons through the presentation of the Louise Branscomb Barrier Breaker Award. During Annual Conference the 2017 award was presented to Allison Dearing, a member of Birmingham First UMC and creator of One Place Metro Alabama Family Justice Center, an organization which provides coordinated services to victims of ...
2/24/2017
Photo courtesy of North Alabama Conference Archives Nominations are now open for the 2017 Louise Branscomb Barrier Breaker Award. Each year the Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) recognizes a United Methodist “barrier breaker" willing to risk and stand up for the rights of women and ethnic minority persons. This year’s nomination deadline is March 31, 2017. The Branscomb Barrier Breaker award was established in 1990 by the United Methodist Women of the North Alabama...
11/10/2016
"Helping all people experience and claim their own deep worth as a beloved child of our Loving Creator is a deep passion of mine. It has been a tremendous privilege over the this past year to do this work of elevating women's equality side by side with the North Alabama COSROW team!",” said Rev. Stephanie Arnold, who was the speaker for the 2016 North Alabama Annual Conference Breakfast sponsored by the Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW). Her talk included the stories of clergy...
4/29/2016
In 1990 the United Methodist Women of the North Alabama Conference established the Louise Branscomb Barrier Breaker Award as a way for the Conference to annually recognize a United Methodist willing to risk and stand up for the rights of women and ethnic minority persons. Each year the Conference Commission on the Status and Role of Women (COSROW) continues to recognize these "barrier breakers" through this award. This year’s Louise Branscomb Barrier Breaker Award Recipient is Rev. R. G. ...
2/8/2016
North Alabama United Methodists are invited to nominate persons (lay or clergy) who are active in the church on the local, district or conference level; who demonstrate a willingness to take risks and stand up for the rights of women and minority persons, and who for these reasons may be considered barrier breakers. The award will be presented at the Louise Branscomb Barrier Breaker Award Breakfast and the recipient will be recognized during Annual Conference on Tuesday, June 5, 2016 at the Von ...
3/3/2014
In 1972, the General Conference launched the General Commission on the Status and Role of Women to help the denomination to identify and address gender inequity at all levels of church life. Many changes have taken place in the forty-two years since. We have come to acknowledge that we are all a part of God’s Creation and that each has a role to play in kingdom building. Today, we acknowledge that God calls women to advocacy and to making disciples. To that end, women play a vital role in the ...
