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We Need More Than A Hypothetical "Yes" to Women in Ministry
By: Susanne Maynes | June 19, 2018
What happens when churches agree that women should be free to minister and lead, yet they never take practical steps to equip and empower them to do so?
If Not A Billy Graham Rule, Then What?
By: Tina Osterhouse | May 16, 2018
Is there a healthy balance somewhere between the Billy Graham rule and nothing at all? Could we, instead of creating a rule that worked well for one man at a very specific time in history, come up with something holistic and inclusive? Could we come up with an ethic that acknowledges the needs and experiences [...]
A Response to Thabiti Anyabwile's Apology to Beth Moore
By: Kelly Ladd Bishop | May 4, 2018
Yesterday, Christian author, Beth Moore, wrote a vulnerable letter to her Christian brothers, describing what it has been like for her to be a woman ministering in the male-dominated world of evangelicalism.
Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
By: Ruth Haley Barton | April 3, 2018
Ruth Haley Barton invites us to an honest exploration of what happens when spiritual leaders lose track of their souls.
Book Review: Anatomy of a Schism
By: Heather Ann Martinez | March 8, 2018
Anatomy of a Schism is unlike any other book about a church split. Most narratives of a split revolve around a theological or moral interpretation that becomes so difficult to walk together in that the only logical conclusion is to walk apart. What’s often lost in these narratives is the individual stories of people [...]
Never Bashful: Standing with My Foremothers
By: Kimberly Majeski | March 5, 2018
I was thirteen the first time I heard the words, “women cannot be preachers” spoken into thin air and inside the walls of that place where I had always been loved, had always felt safe. The words felt like a stone thrown into the rudder of a ship, they caught me, caused me to heave [...]
My First Time: When Being Who God Made You Isn’t Okay
By: Heather Henderson | March 5, 2018
“Heather has no business being in the pulpit.” The words leaped out at me from the computer screen, screaming at me from an email not written to me, but about me, to two of my male colleagues.
The Gift of Presumption: Giving Our Daughters a World Where They Can Say Yes to God
By: Stepanie Dyrness Lobdell | March 5, 2018
As I watch my daughter mature and develop a rather alarming perceptiveness, I wonder when she will start to notice the vocational gender disparity around her, particularly in the church. Her wide-eyed five-year-old self knows nothing of a world in which her gender has something to say about how she can embody the gifts and [...]
Embodying What Can Be: What Star Trek and Women Preachers Have In Common
By: Tim Krueger | March 5, 2018
Just as it matters who we see on TV, it matters who stands behind our pulpits on Sundays. If the Bible teaches that women and men are both called to lead and preach (and it does), then our churches must reflect it.
Book Review: Worthy: Finding Yourself in a World Expecting Someone Else
By: Lori Buckle | February 27, 2018
In her book, Worthy: Finding Yourself in a World Expecting Someone Else, Melanie Springer Mock critiques the Christian culture which labels people and puts them into boxes. She then affirms God’s heart for every individual by emphasizing how much he loves them, regardless of what the world might think. She shares many experiences from [...]