Editor’s Reflections | Spring 2001
Something New This issue begins a new tradition for Priscilla Papers. Dan Gentry Kent, whose writing in previous issues has been appreciated by readers, begins
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Type of Resource: Academic Article
The Woman Beside the Man: Sarah’s Place in God’s Plan
The Baptist men’s group in the little West Texas church had wanted me to speak on the traditional topic “The Woman Behind the Man.” (Priscilla
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New Testament Limits of Authority and Hierarchical Power
Editor’s note: The author has described this final study in his three-part series as “the most consequential but telling issue of authority.” Part I and Part
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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
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Biblical Equality in the Moravian Church
Women shared pastoral responsibilities in the community founded by Count Zinzendorf in the eighteenth-century Although numerically small, the Moravian church is relatively well known for
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Editor’s Reflections | Summer 2001
History, Recent and Past I have just returned from CBE’s great Biennial International Conference—the seventh in CBE’s history. Words are simply inadequate to describe the
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Like a River Glorious: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836–78
Taken from Spiritual Moments with the Great Hymns, by Evelyn Bence. Copyright © 1997 by Evelyn Bence. Used by permission of Zondervan. Bence, who lives
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Christlike Responses to a Hierarchical World: Lessons from bold women
. . . be wise as serpents and innocent as doves. —Matthew 10:16 The Christian egalitarian woman is in a difficult position. If she truly
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If God Calls a Woman to Preach, She Should
This article is reprinted from The Ledger, Lakeland (May 28, 2000), with the author’s permission. Once again we shake our heads, laugh, and roll our eyes at
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“How Can I Help But Speak?”
One woman’s response to the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message “How can I help but speak when I have the words of life?” In 1998,
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