The Rev. Theodora Hobbs... women are equal Christians.The Presbyterian Church has joined the row over the ordination of women, with three members today launching court action challenging last year's decision to ban female ministers.The plaintiffs, two wom

The Rev. Theodora Hobbs... women are equal Christians.The Presbyterian Church has joined the row over the ordination of women, with three members today launching court action challenging last year's decision to ban female ministers.The plaintiffs, two women ministers and a woman waiting to be ordained, will ask the NSW Supreme Court to hear the case as a matter of urgency. They are seeking to overturn a ruling made at last September's General Assembly meeting that in future only men can be ordained as ministers. February 6, 1992. (Photo by White/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).