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Mary Magdalene's Miracle
By: Elaine Kelly | April 4, 2024
There is an old story that the tradition of painting Easter eggs originated with Mary Magdalene. She boldly appeared before Emperor Tiberius and declared, “Christ is risen!” Tiberius gestured to an egg she held and said, “Christ has no more risen than that egg is red.” Immediately, the egg turned red.
Women’s History Month: The African Face of Global Evangelicalism
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 28, 2024
Throughout church history, women have played no small part in the growth of the church worldwide. According to research today, “the future of Christianity is both female and African.” Consider the phenomenal leadership of women being used by the Holy Spirit to anchor and grow Christianity in East Africa.
Barbie, The Book of the City of Ladies, and the Battle against Internalized Misogyny
By: Mary Bell | March 21, 2024
In the Barbie movie (2023), America Ferrera’s character gives an iconic speech about how “it is literally impossible to be a woman.” Christine de Pisan in 1405 also wrote a popular and highly regarded defense of women: The Book of the City of Ladies.
Twenty Centuries of Women Leaders in the Church
By: CBE International | March 14, 2024
In celebration of Women's History Month, here are five titles that trace women's contributions to the church from the time of Jesus down to the early Church Mothers, to medieval women theologians, and finally to female pastors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Three Reasons Women's History Is So Important
By: Sarah Lindsay | March 7, 2024
Why does history matter? And in the context of Women’s History Month in particular, why does women’s history matter?
Rediscovering Women’s History
By: Carrie Silveira | March 6, 2024
In this issue of Mutuality, each article tells the story of a woman (or women) who faithfully followed God’s call on her life, with no regard for the obstacles or sacrifices involved.
Kay Smith: Mother of the Jesus Movement
By: Michaela Farrell | March 6, 2024
Although not as well-known as Chuck Smith or Lonnie Frisbee, “Mama Kay” was one of the key figures behind the growth of the Jesus Movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
Jennie Johnson and Ordained Women’s Ministry in Canada
By: Taylor Murray | March 6, 2024
One of Canada’s earliest known ordained women, a Black preacher named Jennie Johnson served communities in both Canada and the United States.
The Apostolic Life of Walatta-Petros
By: Bridget Jack Jeffries | March 6, 2024
Apostle Walatta-Petros remained an outspoken Christian leader in the face of suffering and imprisonment, demonstrating faithfulness which would have a lasting effect on Ethiopia’s religious development.
Elinor Thornton: Bush Camp Preacher
By: Beulah Wood | March 6, 2024
An evangelist and preacher in timber camps, churches, and missions in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Elinor sparked revivals and spread the gospel, causing ripple effects everywhere she and later, her husband, went.