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The ELCA has been ordaining women for fifty years. Mindy Makant interviews eighty-five female pastors across the Southeast about their...

Without question, having competent women in leadership can certainly enhance the vitality of any organization. Sadly, too often women are...

This book, the first history of the Sisterhood of the Holy Nativity, traces the origins of the order in the...

Step into the untold stories of the women who walked with Jesus―women whose faith, courage, and devotion shaped the...

Why did Sarah laugh? God asks, but no one answers. Is there even an answer to such a question? Sarah's...

Despite the undeniable progress for women and girls in the 20th and 21st centuries, misogyny is still alive and well...

From early on, young girls seek to find their place and voice in a complex world that tells them who...

The invisibility of women in historical research is a problem that requires dedicated attention and concrete efforts to overcome. This...

Ephesians speaks to our deepest questions about God: the redemptive plan of God written from ages past now revealed;...

Improve your service. While many claim to offer models of leadership suitable for contemporary society, this book goes a notch...

In Your Daughters Shall Prophesy, Todd Korpi charts the course for what it means to come alongside female pastors and...

See what happens when a thoroughly modern woman starts referring to her husband as "master" and "praises him at the...

Recognizing the significance of women's often uncredited but integral roles in the work of the church is not only a...

Understanding Paul's arguments in 1 Corinthians 11-14 on women's roles in worship and the value of tongues and prophecy has...

Youth workers need to fully understand the inner workings and development of adolescents in order to really meet their needs....

The generation born into evangelical purity culture has grown up, and many have started families of their own. But as...

While Paul's letter to the Romans is the most studied and commented-on document from the biblical period, the major exegetical...

In The Mary We Forgot, award-winning church historian and theologian Jennifer Powell McNutt unpacks Scripture and history to reveal the real...

This book offers a window into current realities regarding women's leadership in the global church and explores strategic recommendations to...

This unprecedented commentary applies an exegetical method informed by both sociological insight and rhetorical analysis to the study of 1...

Comprehensive, accessible, and fully illustrated--this commentary on Esther is a must-have resource.

You want a deeper...

The Biographical Bible offers an engaging overview of Scripture through the lens of the fascinating figures who populate its pages....

Beth Moore is a woman who's familiar to many people---but truly known by only a few. In this beautifully crafted...

10 mentiras que los hombres creen echa un vistazo de manera compasiva, pero contenciosa, a las razones por las cuales tantos...

You might not immediately think of yourself as a "leader," but the apostle Paul likely would. When Paul uses the...

What do you believe about women's roles in church leadership? Should women lead groups that include men? Should women preach?...

Womanist Midrash is an in-depth and creative exploration of the well- and lesser-known women of the Hebrew Scriptures. Using her...

The call to ministry is profound and life-changing, one that women are often forbidden to answer. In this sensitive and...

When Others Shuddered: Eight Women Who Refused to Give Up is the story of eight women called to serve God...

Stephanie Buckhanon Crowder provides an engaging womanist reading of mother characters in the Old and New Testaments. After providing a...

“Every woman who is struggling to understand the mistreatment she is experiencing in her relationship should begin by reading [this]...

Kevin Giles has been writing on women in the Bible for over forty years. In this book, What the Bible...

In Rome in A.D. 165, two men named Carpus and Papylus stood before the proconsul of Pergamum, charged with the...

Christianity Today 5-Star Review Publishers Weekly Review Foreword Reviews Indie Awards Finalist Gain a greater understanding of gender in the...

“On these pages, the Garden of Eden meets the world we live in.”
– Shane Claiborne, activist and author

In this fully expanded and updated third edition of the bestselling classic, you learn why verbal abuse is more widespread...

This book explores a systematic bias in translating the Bible and in interpreting its teachings, which suggests that men are...

Whether people realize it or not, the ideas in 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 have had a huge impact on the role...

The veil has been lifted.

Discover the Gospel truth about the most myth-understood woman of the...

Ever check the mirror and wonder if you look good enough? Do you choose your clothes to disguise your flaws?...

Unexpected Love isan essential read for anyone eager to understand Jesus Christ’s true heart forwomen. We ache for a satisfying relationship...

There’s something about underdogs that makes us cheer them on. And stories about outsiders always make a good movie script...

The Bible is full of surprises. At every turn, from the beginning of the Old Testament right through the end...

Few if any people in the evangelical world have conversed as widely and sensitively as Richard Mouw. That's why Mouw...

What does the Bible say about women's roles in the church? With pros and cons on either side of a...

A leading evangelical anthropologist/missiologist provides students of intercultural ministry with an understanding of worldview and a strategy for effective, long-term...

Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist

A Comprehensive Look at Women Who Built the Early...

Analyzes the major issues of teenage girls focusing on their relationships with friends and family as well as cognitive issues....

Evangelical and feminist approaches to Old Testament interpretation often seem to be at odds with each other. The authors of...

What did C. S. Lewis really think about gender roles? In this book, a widely recognized expert on male and...

Every culture has a way of perceiving and practicing marriage. Many contemporary Western Christians mistake what their culture prescribes regarding...

In a breakthrough book first published in 1991, the authors address the dynamics in churches that can ensnare people in...

Spiritual Practices for Burnt Out Leaders

"I'm tired of helping others enjoy God―I just want to enjoy God...

Margaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a license; "Old Elizabeth," an...

Combining biblical scholarship, midrash, and an imaginative, fictional approach, Mary Ellen Ashcroft takes a new look at seven biblical women:...

A one-volume commentary, written and edited by South Asian Biblical scholars on all the books of the Bible.

For...

Richard Hess has written an insightful commentary on one of the most intriguing books of the Bible, which celebrates God's...

Do the little things we do and say really make a difference in the lives of others? Some Men Are...

2010 Outreach Magazine Resource of the Year award winner: justice category Every day we are confronted by challenging societal problems,...

This volume by William J. Webb explores the hermeneutical maze that accompanies any treatment of these three controversial topics and...

Authors Christine Colón and Bonnie Field thought that by a certain age they would each be married. But they watched...

The church needs to do a better job of speaking theologically to single Christians. Challenging prevailing evangelical assumptions about "the...

What if you had been deceived about an important Bible teaching that has huge impact on peoples openness to the...

She Preached the Word offers a timely and comprehensive examination of support for women's ordination in America's congregations and the...

What if the goal of raising a Christian girl was about more than keeping her virginity intact? What if it...

We are not all the same. The time has come for us to honestly name the ways we are different...

Menopause is a dramatic but largely overlooked developmental window to the second half of life. Although today's women are more...

The signature book in an exciting new line of products designed for girls ages 11-16 Using contemporary language, illustrations, design,...

Ron Sider asserts that "by their daily activity, most 'Christians' regularly commit treason. With their mouths they claim that Jesus...

"The statistics are jarring. One in four women and one in six men are or will be victims of sexual...

Most Christians are familiar with this picture of the woman at the well: a sinner, an adulteress, even a prostitute....

Domestic abuse is a horror. It lurks beneath the surface of our collective existence, sometimes raising its ugly head where...

Hay esperanza para la mujer que ha sido maltratada. Nancy Nason-Clark y Catherine Clark Kroeger conocen el dolor de la...

This interdisciplinary volume of text and art offers new insights into various unsolved mysteries associated with Mary Magdalene, Mary of...

Does God call women to serve as equal partners in marriage and as leaders in the church? With careful exegetical...

Competing answers to dilemmas involving love, sex, marriage, and family scream to us from nearly everywhere. The Redemption of Love...

For many women, life feels like one big time crunch: Each day, they rush pell-mell from this responsibility to that,...

This volume deals with the varied forms of shame reflected in biblical, theological, psychological and anthropological sources. Although traditional theology...

Reading the Women of the Bible takes up two of the most significant intellectual and religious issues of our day:...

The task of this book is to examine the biblical and theological meaning of the city and our mission within...

Luke-Acts contains many and diverse female characters, many of whom play significant roles in the unfolding drama of God's plan...

Help couples begin a successful marriage and provide pre-marriage guidance in a flexible four-session framework.

Take an in-depth look at over twenty fierce, faithful, and strong women featured in the Old Testament with Preaching the...

When organizations are committed to gender equality, what gets in the way of their achieving it? How and why do...

How do Christian women navigate the call to both the academy and motherhood? In this unique resource by and for...

Around 56 AD, the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome. He entrusted this letter to Phoebe, whom he...

Where did the old social barriers break down at the coming of Christianity? In homes. Where did practice join theology...

"Paul's short, affectionate letter to the Philippians has been much belabored of late by biblical scholars keen to analyze it...

This highly readable investigation of the early church explores the revolutionary nature, dynamics, and effects of the earliest Christian communities....

For someone who has exercised such a profound influence on Christian theology, Paul remains a shadowy figure behind the barrier...

2012 Christianity Today Book Award winner!

Paul was a Hebrew of the Hebrews, steeped in the learning of his people....

Christianity Today 2018 Book Award Winner Respected New Testament scholar Cynthia Long Westfall offers a coherent Pauline theology of gender,...

This new edition of Patterns of Ministry Among the First Christians tells the story of how the first Christian leaders...

Does the Bible prescribe gender roles for men and women? Are men uniquely called to exercise authority in marriage and...

In the second volume of his two-volume comprehensive overview of the theological and ethical thought world of the New Testament,...

Find God’s Unique Shape for Your Marriage It’s not just the two of you and God. The truth is, you...

Does "saved through childbearing" in 1 Timothy 2:15 mean that women are slated primarily for rearing children? Sandra Glahn thinks...

Denominations that formerly welcomed women in ministry often now oppose their ministry, not understanding their own history. No Time for...

Margaret Mead said: “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world.” My version of...

When it comes to the unknown territory of having a baby, moms-to-be have nearly unending resources to plan and execute...

From master storyteller Walter Wangerin, Jr. comes this familiar biblical saga told in a fresh, transfixing way. You’ll feel you’ve...

Juliana Claassens explores alternative Old Testament metaphors that portray God as mourner, mother, and midwife--images that resist the violence and...

How teenage girls can combat the world’s definition of self-image through a biblical understanding of who they are If there...

Respected scholar Dorothy Lee considers evidence from the New Testament and early church to show that women's ministry is confirmed...

John Wesley promoted the ministry of women in early Methodism. Amazing women like Phoebe Palmer, Catherine Booth, and Frances Willard—founding...

Mentor for Life confronts specific challenges facing the church, and offers mentoring from the perspective of intentional discipleship as a...

For teenagers who have experienced any kind of abuse, abandonment, or family dysfunction, the lingering pain can leave them feeling...

Como Comprender Y Sanar El Abuso es un excelente recurso para pastores, consejeros, maestros, padres de familia, y todos los...

Our culture is not only sex-crazed but also deeply confused about sex and sexual ethics. Unfortunately, Christians seem equally confused,...

In print for over three decades in English and a decade in French, la reverenda doctora Ada Besanon Spencer's Beyond...

The #MeToo movement is a global phenomenon. Several Christian organizations have been engaging with issues of abuse against women in...

Midlife is a season of challenge and change―professionally, relationally, physically, and spiritually. On our better days, we experience a sense...

The Gospel of Mark is widely regarded today as the first Gospel to be written. Until recent decades, its fast-paced,...

How do ethnic and cultural diversity affect spiritual formation? The authors of A Many Colored Kingdom explore Christian formation and...

In this book, Dr. Fleming explains her groundbreaking discoveries of the Hebrew text of Genesis 2-3 and what these chapters...

Man and Woman, One in Christ demonstrates that careful exegesis of Paul's letters affirms the full equality of men and...

Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, and joyful homemakers--pervades North American Christianity. From...

What makes a marriage beautiful? Honesty? Compatibility? Physical and emotional intimacy? All of these are important, but there’s one component...

Women were made to lead. Even in church. Jesus affirmed women as leaders-many contend Mary Magdalene was the first female...

You know the women of the Bible, but you don’t know them like this... It’s easy for Christian women—young and...

No function of the pastor is as visible and stress inducing as preaching. But few pastors feel adequately prepared for...

Long beloved by children and parents alike, these classic Bible storybooks have been thoroughly revised and updated for a new...

Lively illustrated Bible stories and conversation-starters help boys and moms learn about following God every day. Ages 4-7.

Kristina LaCelle-Peterson seeks both to affirm the central place of Scripture in the Christian life and to highlight the liberating...

This volume completes Ben Witherington's contributions to the set of Eerdmans socio-rhetorical commentaries on the New Testament. In addition to...

Now in paperback, this unique commentary on Titus, 1-2 Timothy, and 1-3 John probes each letter's social setting and the...

A Black Woman's Guide to Effective, Barrier-Breaking Leadership Black women in leadership positions often experience resistance, both from external forces...

Lado a Lado (Still Side by Side) is an introduction to biblical equality. Each chapter is introduced with a question...

Behind the smiling face of so many new moms is a woman who has suddenly lost a bit of her...

Just Generosity calls Christians to examine their priorities and their pocketbooks in the face of a scandalous tendency to overlook...

En Las mujeres que caminaron con Jesús, Rebecca McLaughlin explora los relatos transformadores de las mujeres que conocieron al Señor....

Provides a fresh engagement of the debated relationship between Paul's writings and the portrait of Jesus contained in the Gospels.

Gender roles have been debated for centuries, and now Sarah Bessey offers a clarion freedom call for all who want...

This book is about the contemporary debate among evangelicals on the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity and the controversial issues...

Much has been written about prominent women of biblical history like Sarah, Ruth, and Esther. However, relatively little attention has...

Leading evangelical scholar Millard Erickson offers a new edition of his bestselling doctrine text (over 100,000 copies sold), now thoroughly...

Solid scriptural and archaeological evidence refutes the traditional interpretation used to bar women from leadership.

Focus on women in the Christian tradition, from biblical times till now.

Eight women from eight different countries shared similar experiences of hardship and persecution, all for their faith in Christ. Yet...

The landmark general reference Bible completely revised and updated Endorsers say it all about the HarperCollins Study Bible: • “I...

Word Guild 2012 Canadian Christian Writing Award Honorable Mention, The Grace Irwin Prize (2013) 2012 Book of the Year Award,...

Today's culture offers broadening opportunities for women; yet it still pressures them to fit long-standing stereotypes. McMinn challenges parents, teachers,...

Learning Greek is one thing. Retaining it and using it in preaching, teaching, and ministry is another. In this volume,...

What if it's not your fault that sex is bad in your marriage? Based on a groundbreaking in-depth survey of...

A classic since 1949, Gospel Parallels presents Matthew, Mark, and Luke printed side-by-side for easy and enlightening comparative study. Now...

Traditionally, the Book of Ruth is viewed as a beautiful love story between Ruth and Boaz. But if you dig...

This book offers the first sustained attempt to read the Gospel of Mark both as an ancient biography and as...

Do women and men have different intellectual, spiritual, moral, or emotional capacities? Over the centuries, women have read and interpreted...

"Most evangelical discussion of the gender issue has been spent in feverish debate over the exegetical intricacies of the traditional...

A global Christian manifesto in which contributors examine attributes of God--the ones that are most understood in today's culture and...

With warmth, humor and wisdom, a ministry leader and teaching pastor shares the challenges and joys of her thirty-year journey....

Surveying both the Bible and church history, author and professor Alice Mathews demonstrates the full partnership that God calls men...

Conversations about gender, both inside and outside the church, can frequently degenerate into stale and rancorous disputes in which predictable...

Leading New Testament scholar Craig Keener is widely respected for his thorough research, sound judgments, and knowledge of ancient sources....

The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible advances the assumption that the Nicene creedal tradition, in all its diversity, provides...

All over the world, women and girls face troubles such as starvation, displacement, illiteracy, sexual exploitation and abuse. Kay Marshall...

Bestselling Author Reveals How God Empowers Women for Leadership and Purpose Christian women are often led to believe they are...

Two respected senior professors in the marriage and family field cover every issue that affects family life, including marriage, parenting,...

This proven, comprehensive resource covers every issue that affects Christian family life. It has been in print for over thirty...

Christianity has long been criticized as a patriarchal religion. But during its two-thousand-year history, the faith has been influenced and...

Explores the tension women experience between their bodies and their desire for a spiritual life.

Picture your church as a place where the priesthood of believers finds its expression in creative and powerful ways. Picture...

You can’t put it into words, but something is happening to you. Your stomach churns, your heart aches, and the...

Women are central to the mission of God. Pastor Tara Beth Leach issues a stirring call for a new generation...

Every church needs leadership. But leadership should not reside in a single pastor. The biblical model for church leadership is...

Ninguna persona debería marcharse de la iglesia por sentirse manipulada, controlada, humillada o condenada. Pero el abuso puede ocurrir en...

Tradicionalmente, el libro de Ruth se considera una hermosa historia de amor entre Rut y Booz. Sin embargo, si uno...

This booklet contains a well-researched discussion of how egalitarians view Scripture and examines a wide range of topics in the...

Though we often focus more on the male heroes and villains in the Bible, the pages of Scripture are brimming...

Will God allow me to divorce my abusive husband? Would it be a sin if I remarried? Divorce and remarriage...

If the Bible can be thought of as the grand story of God, many of its main characters are passionate...

Rich in historical events and colorfully written, this fascinating account of women in the church spans nearly two thousand years...

Este libro establece un nuevo paradigma y definición sobre el significado de la Teología («la teología es una relación») pero...

A book that calls us to be a composite of two women--Mary and Martha--who take time to know Jesus better...

Brenda Salter McNeil explores what you can learn from Jesus' encounter with the woman at the well. She explains how...

"Scot and Laura do an amazing job of teaching us what a good church looks like." --Beth Moore

What is...

Leading evangelical scholar Millard Erickson offers a new edition of his bestselling textbook, now substantially updated and revised throughout. This...

How can people taking diametrically opposing positions on contemporary issues--dividing both religious communities and society--quote the Bible in support of...

Beyond race, class, or other factors, there is a powerful caste system that influences people’s lives and behavior and the...

The subject of "women in ministry" has attracted considerable attention in the past half-century of Western Christianity. While much of...

A look at the inspirational lives of ten Black women of faith Do the names Elizabeth Freeman, Nannie Helen Burroughs,...

Elizabeth Freeman, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Maria Fearing, Charlotte Forten Grimké, Sarah Mapps Douglass, Sara Griffith Stanley, Amanda Berry Smith, Lucy...

God did not create people to just lounge around in a garden, nap in the sun, and pop grapes. We...

If God calls women to lead, what holds them back? Using social science research and interviews, Susan Harris Howell examines...

Ruth Tucker recounts a harrowing story of abuse at the hands of her husband, a well-educated, charming preacher no less,...

The Biographical Bible offers an engaging overview of Scripture through the lens of the fascinating figures who populate its pages....

For many years I have had an interest in the equality of women and men, particularly in the church, where...

The Bible vs. Biblical Womanhood by New Testament scholar, Philip B. Payne, presents clear and understandable interpretations of the most...

Can women be effective witnesses for Jesus? Sometimes women feel like they're not cut out for evangelism, but Jessica Fick...

Informed by sociology, psychology, and theology, this updated edition of an established textbook investigates how human sexuality originates both biologically...

What does the Bible really say about gender, the ethics of submission, and malefemale roles? In this book, well regarded...

When a boy cries, his father trains him in the way of the ancients. He is taught to ""man up,""...

Are you struggling with fully accepting that God loves you? If you or someone you know has suffered abuse, you...

Unleash your leadership by identifying and overcoming the limitations you place on yourself in the workplace.

Women are called by...

Throughout history, countless women have boldly stepped out in faith and courage, leaving their indelible mark on those around them...

With a scholar's mind and a pastor's heart, Tom Wright walks you through 1 Corinthians in this guide designed especially...

The Understanding the Bible Commentary Series helps readers navigate the strange and sometimes intimidating literary terrain of the Bible. These...

With a scholar's mind and a pastor's heart, N. T. Wright walks you through 1-2 Timothy and Titus in this...

Paul's two letters to the Thessalonians stand as some of the very earliest Christian documents, yet they appear well into...

"Combining personal storytelling with biblical reflection, a Cuban American writer tells the story of unnamed and overlooked theologians-mothers, grandmothers, sisters,...

Adults in your church, small group, or other Christian organization are silently suffering the tragic consequences of having been sexually...

Tiffany Bluhm wishes this wasn't her story to tell. Yet like many women today who are taking action against sexual...

This book is the primer on human trafficking in North America. In recent years, Americans have woken up to the...

There is a gridlock in churches today regarding the role of women. This debate extends beyond the relationship between men...

Power has a God-given role in human relationships and institutions, but it can lead to abuse when used in unhealthy...

In the highly acclaimed bestselling A Call to Action, President Jimmy Carter addresses the world's most serious, pervasive, and ignored violation...

Drawing on new, firsthand research and in-depth interviews, Safe Church allows women to voice the pain they have suffered at the hands...