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Something is Shifting in the Heavenlies
By: Stephen R. Holmes | September 5, 2013
How do we explain persistent and stubborn structural inequality, a generation or more after laws supposedly guaranteeing equality were put in place? I discovered a great many theological arguments and answers given by various people, some of whom I agree with and some of whom I don’t.
A Biblical Tradition or a Path to Liberalism?
By: CBE International | January 1, 2013
Egalitarian perspectives have arisen specifically because evangelicals held the Bible as authoritative and sought to apply it to every aspect of life. Developed for pastors.
Rhetoric, Religion, and Authority: Pentecostal Holiness Women Preachers Speaking Truth
By: Kristen Dayle Welch | October 30, 2010
As a scholar of rhetoric and as a Pentecostal Christian, I notice that, although rhetoric and religion embody quite different theoretical perspectives, rhetoric, religion, and gender collide when we examine who is given the authority to speak and who is believed within the church.
An Intellectual and Spiritual Communion
By: Bethany Nelson | March 5, 2010
If you’re looking for a beautiful model of an egalitarian relationship in the midst of a decidedly non-egalitarian culture, the love story of Angelina Emily Grimké (1805–1879) and Theodore Dwight Weld (1803–1895) is especially inspiring.
Reforming the Church
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | September 5, 2009
Just as the church was challenged by the holiness and prophetic voice of Catherine of Siena, the church today is renewed by the prophetic voices of those whose lives are shaped by prayer and close communion with Christ.
In the Name of the Gospel
By: Estrelda Alexander | September 5, 2009
Though limitations on women in institutional leadership continue, Holiness and Pentecostal women continue to carry out evangelistic ministries using the venues of revival and camp meetings as well as women’s conferences and conventions.
Catherine Booth, The Salvation Army, and the Purity Crusade of 1885
By: Roger J. Green | July 30, 2008
As the numbers of converts grew, William and Catherine Booth organized that mission into an Army—a Salvation Army, taking advantage of the military imagery so common in nineteenth-century England with all the pageantry that such imagery afforded. The Army grew rapidly in Great Britain, and its ministers (officers) and laypersons ( [...]
Women Shaped the Early Evangelical Movement
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 19, 2007
(Adapted from a paper given at the 2007 annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society) My interest in women and missions of the 1800s is reinvigorated, of late, by a number of experiences I’ve had lecturing at Christian colleges and seminaries around the county. When invited to speak for chapel services, I make an effort [...]
Sarah Grimké
By: Pamela R. Durso | December 5, 2007
Sarah’s contributions as an abolitionist and defender of women’s rights are remarkable given her personal background.
The Lesser Known Story Behind Today’s Christian Colleges
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 5, 2007
My interest in women and missions of the 1800s has been reinvigorated by several experiences I’ve had lecturing at Christian colleges and seminaries around the county.