Alvera Mickelsen
Alvera Mickelsen was a founder of CBE, and she was CBE’s first board chair in 1997. She worked with grassroots CBE chapters, and served for years as a CBE board member. A gifted teacher, writer, and editor, Alvera authored accessible books that remain bestsellers not only in CBE’s community, but around the world.
Disturbed by the shallow reading of Scripture used by many Christians to marginalize women’s gifts, Alvera frequently wrote for and edited CBE publications, and spoke at CBE events and those of her denomination—the Baptist General Conference.
A key visionary within CBE and a tough debater, Alvera was intensely gracious to all she engaged. She was a sought-after mentor for younger egalitarians, writers, scholars, and leaders. She was in constant contact with her students, and served as a faithful guide to many aspiring movers and shakers.
Alvera was a people’s theologian, bending her enormous talents toward fanning into flames God’s gifts and call in everyone’s lives. And, she was enormously successful because she was far more interested in seeing everyone become an advocate for biblical justice than she was in her own success or reputation. She had no need to do it all herself. Her holy self-disinterest was wildly empowering.
Resources By This Author
Academic Article | July 25, 2014
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | August 4, 2010
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | June 5, 2010
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | November 18, 2009
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | July 29, 2009
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | March 18, 2009
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | December 24, 2008
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | November 19, 2008
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | July 23, 2008
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | July 16, 2008
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | June 5, 2008
Book Review | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | September 5, 2004
Tracing God’s Women from Genesis to the New Testament: God’s Women Then and Now
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | March 5, 2002
Q&A: Does CBE’s View of Women in Ministry Twist What the Bible Says in 1 Timothy?
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | December 6, 2001
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | June 6, 2001
Blog/Magazine Article | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | September 5, 2000
Book Review | Mutuality | Blog + Magazine | June 5, 2000
Academic Article | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | July 31, 1998
Academic Article | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | October 31, 1997
Book Review | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | April 30, 1988
A Cord of Three Strands: A Way for Both Men and Women to Be Used Fully by God
Book Review | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | July 31, 1987
Academic Article | Priscilla Papers | Academic Journal | January 30, 1987
