Barr's historical insights provide context for contemporary teachings about women's roles in the church and help move the conversation forward.
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In her introduction to Women in a Patriarchal World, Elaine Storkey reminds the reader of the important role that narrative theology has played in “both framing our doctrine and shaping our understanding of faith.”
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Sojourner Truth was a remarkable woman. This article invites us to learn about and celebrate her life, while also lamenting the oppression she experienced that meant she had to be remarkable to be remembered.
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Many people don’t know that African American women were leading and pastoring churches from the beginning of the modern Pentecostal movement in the early 1900s. Meet two of these women: Lucy Farrow and Jennie Evans Seymour.
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Rev. Dr. Prathia Hall Wynn was a womanist theologian, pastor, mentor, and civil rights activist who developed the concept of a “freedom-faith.” She is an important figure in Black history, women’s history, church history, and American history for her work towards a church and an America where all people are considered equal, regardless of their race, ethnicity, class, or gender.
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Like Mary the Mother of Jesus, Christian men and women are called to bring Christ to the world.
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Jesus’s encounter with the Syrophoenician woman of Mark 7 changed the minds of the first disciples and has the power to change modern minds as well.
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First Corinthians presents Christian women with a time to speak, not a time to be silent.
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Like Mary of Luke 10, our identity in Christ is not primarily as females or males, but as faithful disciples.
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Galatians 3-4 teaches that we must read the Word of God with the barrier-removing Wind of God.
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