United Methodist Clergywomen Retention Study
Anna Howard Shaw Center, Boston University School of Theology
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Annual Conferences by Attrition Rate
for Female Clergy
|
Conference
|
Women Ordained Elder
74-83 (number)
|
Left Parish Ministry by 10th Anniversary (percent)
|
|
Mississippi
|
6
|
83.3%
|
|
Kentucky
|
3
|
66.7%
|
|
Western
North Carolina
|
18
|
66.7%
|
|
North
Alabama
|
5
|
60%
|
|
North
Texas
|
10
|
60%
|
|
South
Georgia
|
7
|
57.1%
|
|
Virginia
|
30
|
56.7%
|
|
Memphis
|
10
|
50%
|
|
New
Mexico
|
4
|
50%
|
|
North
Arkansas
|
2
|
50%
|
|
Northwest
Texas
|
4
|
50%
|
|
Troy
|
10
|
50%
|
|
Wyoming
|
4
|
50%
|
|
Ohio
West
|
32
|
46.9%
|
|
Kansas
West
|
9
|
44.4%
|
|
North
Georgia
|
16
|
43.7%
|
|
Pacific
Northwest
|
16
|
43.7%
|
|
Louisville
|
7
|
42.8%
|
|
Tennessee
|
17
|
41.2%
|
|
South
Carolina
|
22
|
40.9%
|
|
Iowa
|
27
|
40.7%
|
|
Kansas
East
|
15
|
40%
|
|
Louisiana
|
15
|
40%
|
|
Missouri
West
|
5
|
40%
|
|
Nebraska
|
20
|
40%
|
|
South
Dakota
|
10
|
40%
|
|
California-Pacific
|
18
|
38.9%
|
|
New
York
|
26
|
38.5%
|
|
North
Central New York
|
8
|
37.5%
|
|
North
Carolina
|
19
|
36.8%
|
|
Texas
|
11
|
36.4%
|
|
Southwest
Texas
|
17
|
35.3%
|
|
Central
Pennsylvania
|
20
|
35%
|
|
Florida
|
20
|
35%
|
|
Wisconsin
|
26
|
34.6%
|
|
California-Nevada
|
38
|
34.2%
|
|
Maine
|
6
|
33.3%
|
|
Rio
Grande
|
3
|
33.3%
|
|
Southern
New England
|
18
|
33.3%
|
|
West
Michigan
|
15
|
33.3%
|
|
Ohio
East
|
37
|
29.7%
|
|
Oregon-Idaho
|
17
|
29.4%
|
|
Alabama-West
Florida
|
7
|
28.6%
|
|
North
Indiana
|
14
|
28.6%
|
|
Central
Illinois
|
22
|
27.3%
|
|
Northern
New Jersey
|
15
|
26.6%
|
|
West
Virginia
|
15
|
26.6%
|
|
Northern
Illinois
|
43
|
25.6%
|
|
Oklahoma
|
12
|
25%
|
|
Southern
New Jersey
|
12
|
25%
|
|
Detroit
|
21
|
23.8%
|
|
Baltimore
|
47
|
23.4%
|
|
Missouri
East
|
9
|
22.2%
|
|
Peninsula
|
9
|
22.2%
|
|
Minnesota
|
28
|
21.4%
|
|
Central
Texas
|
10
|
20%
|
|
Southern
Illinois
|
5
|
20%
|
|
South
Indiana
|
17
|
17.6%
|
|
Eastern
Pennsylvania
|
24
|
16.7%
|
|
Western
Pennsylvania
|
19
|
15.8%
|
|
New
Hampshire
|
7
|
14.3%
|
|
Holston
|
9
|
11.1%
|
|
Western
New York
|
10
|
10%
|
|
Rocky
Mountain
|
21
|
9.5%
|
|
Desert
Southwest
|
3
|
0%
|
|
Little
Rock
|
3
|
0%
|
|
North
Dakota
|
6
|
0%
|
|
Oklahoma-Indian
Missionary
|
0
|
0%
|
|
Yellowstone
|
2
|
0%
|
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