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Challenging Lines in the Sand: Women Are Also Called to Protect and Provide
By: Brianna Cortez | December 6, 2024
Contrary to what many churches teach, the Bible repeatedly honors women who protect and provide for others, including men.
Where Mike Winger Went Wrong on Women, Part I: On Thinking Biblically
By: Andrew Bartlett, Terran Williams | December 5, 2024
We firmly agree with Mike’s basic point that we should think biblically about women in ministry. Our major concern is that Mike misses the importance of some basic issues which prevent him from thinking biblically about it. We will show that the reliability of his teaching on this topic is undermined by three basic [...]
Video - Women in Missions: Leaders on the Field, but Not at Home
By: Alan Myatt | November 27, 2024
Missionary women have a long history of leadership on the mission field, but in many denominations are restricted from leadership positions in their home countries. This session will focus on the rich history of women in leadership in South America and Brazil, and how to help egalitarian outreach in those contexts continue to grow.
Book Review: Blessing the Curse? A Biblical Approach for Restoring Relationships in the Church
By: Alexander Kwasi Oduro | November 21, 2024
Magda does a good job of informing women about the structures of sin in society and inspires them to challenge the hierarchical structures, live in the reality of the liberative work of Christ Jesus, and foster Christian solidarity, equality, and unity. In so doing, as Magda puts it, “There will be no curse.”
Video - Whats in a name...or a title?
By: Cynthia Long Westfall | November 18, 2024
Are women excluded from leadership or ministry in the church because a woman is never referred to as a “pastor,” “elder,” or “teacher” in the New Testament? The fact is that specific men are not described with these titles either (except when authors are describing themselves).
Home, Church, and World: How Church Movements Go from Freeing to Restricting Women with Dr. Joy Qualls
By: Tara Korpi, Todd Korpi, Joy Qualls | November 15, 2024
We’re joined by Dr. Joy Qualls, professor at Biola University and author of God Forgive us for Being Women, to discuss the barriers women face in egalitarian settings to fully walking out their call.
A Female Teacher in the Third Century
By: Salomé Richir-Haldemann | November 14, 2024
Cecilia reminds us that women have always had a place in the teaching and transmission of the Christian faith. This painting and the story behind it encouraged me. In sharing it, I hope to encourage other women in their ministries—both their recognized ministries and their invisible ones.
Home, Church, and World: How Church Movements Go from Freeing to Restricting Women with Dr. Joy Qualls
By: Tara Korpi, Todd Korpi, Joy Qualls | November 8, 2024
This episode is a part of a new segment of the Mutuality Matters podcast, hosted by Tara and Todd Korpi. In this segment we discuss headship theology––dynamics of power, authority, and gender, and how they function in Christian homes, the local church and society as a whole.
Not Permitting Women to Teach: Reading 1 Timothy in Context
By: Daniel Gonzalez Gomez | November 1, 2024
1 Timothy provides a series of examples of texts that we do not apply literally because they would make sense only in their cultural context.
Male and Female as Full Gospel Partners
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Terran Williams, Chad and Leslie Neal Segraves, Anne Zaki | October 31, 2024
Due to the urgency of the gospel and Jesus’ prayers for multiplied laborers, it is time for Christians to welcome the partnership between men and women more fully. It is time to embrace our sisters together with their brothers as equal teammates. If the Holy Spirit has gifted them, then let us wholeheartedly embrace the [...]