Combining deep ethnographic research with personal experience and cultural realities, Katie Gaddini tells relatable stories and asks difficult questions. Her research seeks to understand not
Editor’s Note: This is a CBE 2023 Writing Contest Honorable Mention. As an author and writer, I often get asked to speak at church meetings,
When I was in my mid-twenties, working in college ministry at a complementarian church, it dawned on me that college students were actually listening to
Most Pentecostal movements today are welcoming women leaders and preachers in their embrace of egalitarian theology (even if not always in practical application). The pursuit
“I have not a faith which is called very often child-like,”1 insisted Mary Rama, as she wrestled with doctrinal difficulties as a novice to the
This essay arose from my contribution to the lecture series which commemorates the remarkable achievements of the Smith sisters, known in the course of time
When considering PhD supervisors, the sage advice of Dr. Aída Besançon Spencer is worth considering. She said, “Find someone you would like to become like.”
Pastor Scott Sinner might have “stumbled onto” the idea of mixed-gender ministry partnership, but now he and his colleagues at Green Valley Community Church in
Women may be called “pastor” or “reverend” in the United States Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) as of June 2023; all women and men who meet
Editor’s note: This submission is one of our top ten CBE 2017 Writing Contest winners and was first published on December 13, 2017. We’d like