Editing Community of Christ (section)

===Women's participation===
The church's priesthood was opened to women in 1984. In 1998, Gail E. Mengel and [[Linda L. Booth]] became the first two women [[apostle (Latter Day Saints)|apostles]] in the church.<ref name = deseretnews>[https://www.deseret.com/1998/3/21/19370243/rlds-church-calls-2-women-to-serve-among-12-apostles "RLDS Church calls 2 women to serve among 12 apostles"], ''[[Deseret News]]'', 1998-03-21.</ref> At the 2007 World Conference of the church, [[Becky L. Savage]] was ordained as the first woman to serve in the [[First Presidency (Community of Christ)|First Presidency]].<ref>{{citation |author= Stephen M. Veazey |date= March 1, 2007 |title= Letter of Counsel Regarding the Presiding Quorums |url= http://www.cofchrist.org/wc2007/letterofcounsel.asp |archive-url= https://archive.today/20120819071458/http://www.cofchrist.org/wc2007/letterofcounsel.asp |url-status= dead |archive-date= August 19, 2012 }}</ref><ref>Stephen M. Veazey, [https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20131021170530/http://www.cofchrist.org/presidency/counsel05-07-2012.asp "Letter of Counsel Regarding the Presiding Quorums"], 2012-05-07.</ref> In 2013, Linda L. Booth became the first woman elected to serve as president of the Council of Twelve.<ref>{{cite news |author=Kelly Evanson |title=Woman elected to serve as president of Council of Twelve Apostles |url=http://www.examiner.net/news/x1545203500/Woman-elected-to-serve-as-president-of-Council-of-Twelve-Apostles |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616154509/http://www.examiner.net/news/x1545203500/Woman-elected-to-serve-as-president-of-Council-of-Twelve-Apostles |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 16, 2013 |work=The Examiner |date=20 April 2013 |access-date=3 July 2013 }}</ref> In 2016, [[Stassi D. Cramm]] became the first woman [[Presiding bishop#Community of Christ|presiding bishop]] of the church<ref name = genet>Mike Genet, [http://www.examiner.net/article/20160609/NEWS/160609061 "Stassi Cramm's new role breaks barriers in church"], ''[[The Examiner (Missouri)|The Examiner]]'', 9 June 2016.</ref><ref name = veazy2016/> and Jane M. Gardner became the church's first female [[presiding evangelist]].<ref name = veazy2016>[[Stephen M. Veazey]], [https://www.cofchrist.org/Common/Cms/documents/LetterofCounsel03-31-16.pdf "Letter of Counsel about World Church Leadership"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918094204/https://www.cofchrist.org/Common/Cms/documents/LetterofCounsel03-31-16.pdf |date=September 18, 2016 }}, cofchrist.org, accessed 16 June 2016.</ref>