When a Woman’s Love is Fierce
Watch a few documentaries about wild animals, and you will see footage of a mother protecting her young. Do you know what happens when another
August 31, 2014
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President’s Message: Diversity Works
Few of us will forget the great recession that began in 2007, when poor financial decisions in the US banking industry had a horrific impact
August 31, 2014
Translation Differences Every Woman Minister Should Know (Part 2)
Translation Differences Every Woman Minister Should Know (Part 1) 6. The πρεσβύτιδας (presbytis) of Titus 2:3 can be translated “women elders”: Though Titus 2:3 is
August 30, 2014
Editor’s Reflections | Summer 2008 (22.3)
Ministries come. Ministries go. For the last twenty-six years, my wife and I have been teaching with Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (GCTS). Occasionally, I pause and
August 29, 2014
The Aggressive Christianity of Catherine Mumford Booth
The American holiness movement of the mid-nineteenth century provided a fertile seedbed for women preachers responding to the Spirit’s prompting. One such woman became the
August 29, 2014
Catherine Booth, The Salvation Army, and the Purity Crusade of 1885
Introduction The Salvation Army began rather inconspicuously in the East End of London in 1865. William Booth, an itinerant Methodist minister, had moved to London
August 29, 2014
Lest We Lose Our Legacy
The Salvation Army’s egalitarian roots Catherine Booth was a formative influence in the founding of The Salvation Army. The movement, in fact, was co-founded by
August 29, 2014
Holy Spirit Interceding (Romans 8:26–27)
Flame of far celestial fire, lighting every high desire, promised gift of Christ’s ascending, still a heavenly flame descending on each soul with Spirit gifting,
August 29, 2014
Vocational Identity and Direction
Throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century, women began to enter the seminaries of the United States in record numbers.1 Upon graduation, many sought
August 29, 2014
Editor’s Reflections | Autumn 2008 (22.4)
The Book of Genesis opens with the words: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (my trans.). Since God is eternal, what
August 28, 2014