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5 min readWhen Anne Hall was a new pastor’s wife in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, she noticed something odd in the church’s candidating materials: women’s names listed among the elders. Her husband David insisted it couldn’t be—they were joining the PCA, which ordains only men. But the names were Gertrude and Mary. It turned out that several godly women had been elected to the session specifically to pull the church out of the PCUS, then resigned immediately after. “The men aren’t doing it,” they said. That story captures the kind of church life Anne Hall has navigated for over four decades: unexpected, shaped by real people, and requiring steady faithfulness rather than polished performance.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:02) **Church Background & Women Elders** - Ann Hall recounts discovering that a PCA church had previously elected women elders to lead the congregation out of the PCUS.
- 2 (01:01) **Podcast Introduction** - Host Kerry Anderson introduces the "Mothers & Sisters" podcast and guest Ann Hall, wife of David Hall of Midway Presbyterian Church.
- 3 (02:39) **Ann’s Testimony & Conversion** - Ann shares her Catholic upbringing and dramatic conversion at age 20 through a friend’s bold witness.
- 4 (09:10) **Dating, Seminary, and Early Ministry** - Ann describes dating David, his decision to attend seminary, and her initial reluctance to be a pastor’s wife.
- 5 (15:04) **Oak Ridge, Tennessee Ministry** - The Halls served at Covenant PCA in Oak Ridge, a small church that had just left the PCUS.
- 6 (24:03) **Hospitality & Friendship** - Ann discusses her approach to hospitality, emphasizing welcoming people despite her natural introversion.
- 7 (33:54) **Women’s Ministry & Service** - Ann reflects on her late-in-life interest in women’s ministry and the variety of ways women can serve.
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Show Notes
Kerry Anderson talks to Ann Hall, the wife of a recently retired minister who served only two churches in his 42 years as a senior pastor in the PCA.
Special thanks to Nathan Clark George for our opening and closing instrumental. Nathan serves as the Pastor of Worship alongside Kevin DeYoung at Christ Covenant Church in Matthews, NC. You can access Nathan's fantastic catalog here.
Be sure to register for Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary's PCA GA luncheon here.
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