Q&A: Equality in Community
Editor’s Note: Jon and Carol Trott are members of Jesus People USA (JPUSA) in Chicago, a group of believers practicing gender-equal relationships while living in
Editor’s Note: Jon and Carol Trott are members of Jesus People USA (JPUSA) in Chicago, a group of believers practicing gender-equal relationships while living in
“For the husband is the head of the wife, is that not what the Bible says?” my friend asked in all earnestness. “No,” I replied,
My minister was blurring all women together with the term ‘wives’ in his sermon,” my friend told me over a cup of coffee. “It was
When I was five, my grandfather gave me a fishing rod. I practiced casting my line for hours in our long, skinny back yard using
Gladys M. Nothstein Bausman was born on Feb. 3, 1920, and died Oct. 1, 2000. In 1959, she was the first woman elected as Township
Gladys M. Nothstein Bausman was born on Feb. 3, 1920, and died Oct. 1, 2000. In 1959, she was the first woman elected as Township
I grew up in fundamentalist churches where women were taught to know their “place” and stay there. My parents accepted these ideas in theory, but
“Submission.” It’s not a four-letter word, but it may as well be. Depending on how it’s used, who says it, and what they mean, “submission”
Mark and I never meant to become egalitarians, at least not until we discovered we already were. This is the story of the long, winding
If then there is any encouragement in Christ, any consolation from love, any sharing in the Spirit, any compassion and sympathy, make my joy complete: