From CBE’s 2024 Conference “Tell Her Story: Women in Scripture and History” in Denver, Colorado.
The Lord has always empowered both women and men to serve his purposes. We see this in Scripture and in life. But we also see that women’s voices and stories have not always been heard. The book of Esther is a good example of how gender mutuality between Esther and Mordecai achieved God’s redemptive purposes through divine providence. In our own times the Lord has increasingly been raising up women to various forms of ministry in mutuality with our Christian brothers. We’ll consider our own stories in light of how the book of Esther speaks into such a time as this.