Henry-Robinson, Tessa D.2021-11-162021-11-162016-10-122014-04-011476-994810.1179/1476994813Z.00000000020http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/4087093AbstractWomen in the United Reformed Church (URC) have long participated in behind-the-scenes activities and are increasingly taking on leadership roles. For Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) women, however, while they are increasingly involved in local congregations, the picture is different in the wider Church at a national level. This qualitative study is based on a group of BME women (Cascades of Grace) formed to empower BME women in the URC. Two questionnaires were issued from which findings and analysis are drawn. In this work I engage voices from different theological perspectives on the story of the Syrophoenician/Canaanite woman that is found in Matthew 15:21-28 and Mark 7:25-30 (see Appendix 1). Womanist theology is the primary theological perspective used in this study. I reflect on a story from the Bible because in different, but significant ways, the URC is rooted in the Bible. BME women, too, rely on the Bible, often to counteract negative stereotyping, which at times has been used to justify their marginalization.Magazine/Journaleng© 2014 Taylor & FrancisCascades of Grace (COG)Racial Justice and Multicultural Ministry (RJMM)United Reformed Church (URC)Article