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Sheared Sheep
By: Megan Greulich | September 5, 2010
Kimberly’s story left me speechless. She had believed that, as a Christian woman, she was to play a secondary role in ministry and in her marriage.
Full of Grace, Seasoned with Salt
By: Megan Greulich | September 5, 2010
Fostering Relationships and Dialogue with Complementarian Friends: "My friend confided in me because she was 'tired — no, exhausted — of being single.'”
Is Women’s Leadership in the Church a “Primary Issue”?
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | September 5, 2010
If you’ve been a passionate egalitarian for any length of time, you’ve probably heard someone say, “Yes, the egalitarian position is biblically sound, but it is not a 'primary issue!'”
A Conservative Evangelical Church Encounters Change
By: L. Sue Hulett | September 5, 2010
A church's journey of studying the biblical texts on gender
My Marriage Bond: From Stratified to Unified
By: Yvette Menking | September 5, 2010
The well-known words in Ecclesiastes —“a cord of three strands is not quickly broken” (Eccles. 4:12b) — are often used to create a visual icon in our minds of the marriage bond.
Brokenness and Beauty
By: Mae Elise Cannon | September 1, 2010
God often reveals the power of his presence in the most unexpected of places. For example, broken experiences highlight the depravity of one’s surroundings and escalate our ability to taste the mercy of God. Personally, some of the sweetest parts of my faith are found in dark corners and hidden crevices, places I would [...]
Nearly Forgotten History
By: Priscilla Pope-Levison | August 25, 2010
The momentous contribution of women evangelists to American life, past and present, is only now emerging from dusty archives shelves, where their sermons, diaries, papers, and autobiographies were boxed away. These women have been notably absent from the history of American evangelism, which conventionally moves in a single-gender trajectory: Jonathan Edwards—Charles Finney—Dwight Moody— [...]
One Flock and One Shepherd
By: Yvette Menking | August 25, 2010
Jesus calls each of his sheep by name, and they hear and know his voice (John 10:1-16). Sheep encompasses rams and ewes, males and females. Ewes can hear the voice of their Shepherd just as clearly as rams. While Jesus made a clear distinction between sheep and goats based upon their actions (Matthew 25:31-33), his [...]
Paul's Qualifications for Church Leaders
By: Margaret Mowczko | August 18, 2010
Some people think that the moral qualifications for church leaders recorded in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:6-9 were written only about men and apply only to men. They believe the implication in these passages is that only men can be church leaders. Yet, despite the use of masculine pronouns in many English translations, there is [...]
Living out the gospel of equality
By: MaryAnn Nguyen-Kwok | August 12, 2010
When I first became a Christian, I was very zealous. Some might say over-zealous. I was one of those Christians that make you want to cover your eyes while peeking through your fingers so that you can see what damage was being done. I was so bowled over by the power of the gospel, I [...]