Women and Revival Work: Acts 2:17-21—Revival’s Magna Charta
A friend of mine attends a church that longs for renewal. The pastors acknowledge a sense of spiritual ineffectiveness among their members, and they have
February 6, 2015
Topic: Historical Women-Church
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“A Wild Goose Chase” or Ella Sheppard & the Jubilee Singers
“The slave songs represented things to be forgotten… We finally grew willing to sing them privately. We practiced softly… But the demand of the public
February 6, 2015
The Legacy of Katharine Bushnell
How do we measure greatness? If by loftiness of purpose, we see Katharine Bushnell going to China as a medical missionary. We follow her across
February 5, 2015
Jesus Calls Us
This is the centenary year marking the death on October 12 of Cecil Frances Alexander, one of the greatest women hymn writers. Her funeral in
February 5, 2015
Margaret Fell (1614-1702): A Brief Biography Of The Mother Of Quakerism
Margaret Fell, known to many as the “Mother of Quakerism,” is arguably one of the most fascinating figures in Western religious history. Though frequently overlooked
February 5, 2015
The Legacy of Katherine Bushnell: A Hermeneutic for Women of Faith
Gentle reader, supposing you get out your Bible, and we will have a lesson together, this morning. Turn, please, to I Corinthians 14:31-40. Now the
February 5, 2015
Betsey Stockton: Pioneer American Missionary
This article first appeared in the April 1995 issue of the International Bulletin of Missionary Research and is reprinted by permission of the author. Born to a
February 4, 2015
Jessie Penn-Lewis: Revival and God’s Word on Women
Perhaps the most influential woman associated with the Welsh and Keswick revivals in Great Britain at the turn of the Twentieth Century,1 Jessie Penn-Lewis overcame
February 2, 2015
Egalitarians: A New Path to Liberalism? Or Integral to Evangelical DNA?
Nescire autem quid ante quam natus sis acciderit, id est semper esse puerum. To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to
January 28, 2015
Ordained Women of the Patristic Era
There is considerable evidence of women deacons, elders, and even bishops in the early life of the church History—at least official history—is always written by
December 30, 2014