 the impropriety of a woman leading the church. It seemed natural to me that my mother would take over leading the church. They had built it together in every sense of the word. But people pointed to Bible scriptures and they said, this is sacrilege, this is improper, and so on and so forth. Eventually, the board of the church ordained my mother lead minister. And when they did, many of our church members left. In many ways, the church broke my heart in those moments. But perhaps you can say I left the church too.