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Authority, Scripture, and Women in the Church

The Biblical Basis for Women's Service in the Church

The book of Galatians reminds us we are called to be free, and to use that freedom to serve in love. 

This workshop defines various types of feminism and analyzes their similarities and differences.

Gender and Missions Panel

This workshop will provide attendees with a biblical foundation for gender equality in leadership and steps for making one’s church egalitarian. It will also address challenges to egalitarianism.

Two leaders of a pre-ministerial initiative for college students reveal how their theology of male/female shared leadership shapes their and students visions for ministry. Drawing on theological insights from Genesis and personal experience, they offer a practical theology for ministry leaders serving in Gods image.

Cultures of hierarchy maintain authority by claiming ontological distinction. The power and dominance inherent in hierarchy, which directly conflict with ontological equality, perpetuates abuse. This session will examine the abuse that results from hierarchical human relationships and the biblical response to dominance.

This recording surveys the exegetical, theological, and practical foundations for mutuality between men and women in Scripture. It also surveys and responds to the primary objections to biblical mutuality.

This recording examines the pivotal and strategic role of women in the ministries of Jesus and Paul respectively. In addition, it will consider theological and missiological reasons for women’s full and free participation in the church’s mission at the dawn of the twenty-first century.