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Woman of Valor: Remembering Rachel Held Evans
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | May 7, 2019
On Saturday, May 4, prominent Christian feminist and celebrated author Rachel Held Evans (37) died unexpectedly of complications from the flu. Rachel was a courageous voice for those of us who have felt unheard and unseen in the church.
Egalitarians: When Do We Overturn A Table and When Do We Sit At One?
By: Hannah Wilkinson | May 1, 2019
Our call to unity within the body of Christ has to be more nuanced than blind acceptance of injustice. It must include embracing difficult, status-quo upending conversations while showing regard for the imago Dei in all people.
Is 1 Corinthians 14:34–35 a Marginal Comment or a Quotation? A Response to Kirk MacGregor
By: Philip B. Payne | April 26, 2019
First Corinthians 14 contains the only passage in the Bible that at face value silences women or restricts their ministry in the churches. It is important for all who believe Scripture to understand the truth about this passage.
Lessons from Scripture for Maasai Christianity, Lessons from Maasai Culture for the Global Church
By: Joshua Robert Barron | April 26, 2019
Maasai believers need a Maasai Christianity within which they “feel at home" to “enable women to view the Bible through African eyes and to distinguish and extract from it what is liberating.”
Junia, a Female Apostle: An Examination of the Historical Record
By: Dennis J. Preato | April 26, 2019
Romans 16:7 presents two interpretive issues. Was the person named Iounian a man or a woman and was Iounian counted as “highly regarded among the apostles” or only “highly regarded by the apostles”?
The Power of Bible Translation
By: Aloo Mojola | April 26, 2019
Most people read a translated Bible, a domesticated Bible that by means of translators’ mediation has crossed time, space, language, and culture. Bible translators strive to provide people with access to this ancient text.
Editor's Reflection: Spring 2019
By: Jeff Miller | April 26, 2019
The theme of this issue of Priscilla Papers is Bible Translation. We featured this same theme four years ago, in the spring of 2015, but it is an important topic and worthy of considerable attention.
Why Do We Blame Women When the Deck Is Already Stacked?
By: Tami Zacharias | April 24, 2019
Why are no women applying? None are eligible. Why? They don’t have sufficient training, and many feel they don’t fit the position description. Why? They’ve been excluded from training programs and the position has been geared toward men. Why? Only men have been permitted to fill these positions and only men have [...]
Women in Ministry, Reclaim Your Time!
By: Michelle D. Williams | April 17, 2019
Sisters in ministry, I hope you will take these words to heart as you continue in the good work to which God has called you. Let’s reclaim our time together!
What to Say When Someone Says that Patriarchy is God's Plan
By: Chesna Hinkley | April 10, 2019
Some say gender hierarchy is God’s perfect design—a pristine plan for women and men’s good and flourishing. They point to Genesis, arguing that God clearly intended patriarchy from the start. But the text tells a different story.