Empowered to Serve
At first glance, being empowered to serve appears to be an obvious and familiar concept to many people. The thinking is: Of course we Christians
February 5, 2015
Topic: Leadership in Church / Ministry
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Recognizing The Connection: Women And Missions
One of the major discoveries in the field of community development during the last 10 years is the critical importance of women to the development
February 5, 2015
The Scandal Of The (Male) Evangelical Mind
Comments on Mark Noll’s The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind (Eerdmans, 1994) The scandal of the evangelical mind, Mark Noll tells us, “is that there
February 5, 2015
A Christian Woman in Academe
This article is based on a presentation at the Crossroads Conference, August 18,1994, hosted by Evangelicals for Social Action. Perhaps some of you have heard
February 5, 2015
How Faith Mission Pioneers Understood Women’s Roles
It is often assumed that opportunities for women in ministry have expanded over the past century, and that Christian leaders have relaxed their once tight
February 4, 2015
More on the Roles of Women in Antiquity
Evangelical egalitarians often argue that the biblical writers were progressive in their day. It may therefore be helpful to survey some male views about women
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
Who Is Worthy to Minister?
Denominations struggle with the role of women in the church. Is it appropriate for women to serve as ministers in God’s church? Are women worthy
February 2, 2015
Women and Other Creatures: A Gender Debate
In the early 1800s, Texas was frontier territory. As one historian noted, settlers believed “Indians were to be killed, African Americans were to be enslaved,
February 2, 2015
Count the Cost
In the summer of 1998, when the Reverend Kay Ward was elected as the first female bishop in the very conservative Northern Province of the
February 2, 2015