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Book Review: The Ministry of Women in the New Testament: Reclaiming the Biblical Vision for Church Leadership
By: Jeff Miller | October 31, 2021
Dorothy Lee’s work on ministering women displays exemplary research and is especially well written.
7 Ways You Can Dress Up As “Biblical Womanhood” For Your Church’s Harvest Festival
By: Katie McEachern | October 27, 2021
It’s time to stop telling and start showing complementarians that the Bible doesn’t give us one perfect picture of biblical womanhood. This year’s Halloween costume just might feature a bloody tent peg.
Finding Women's Names and Voices
By: Kim Brewer | September 1, 2021
Consistently focusing on women’s stories in the Bible helps break through its patriarchal cultural context to see women as God does. From Eve to Bathsheba to women today, all women have a role in the story of God.
She Believed Him
By: Sarah Ago | August 4, 2021
Mary of Bethany believed Jesus. She trusted him. She took him seriously. She saw and heard him. She refused to abandon him even when it meant entering into his trauma with him.
The Old Testament Marriage That Showed Me Equality Is God’s Design
By: Carrye Burr | July 14, 2021
When talking about marriage, Christians often focus on the New Testament. Rarely mentioned is the Old Testament couple Manoah and his wife, parents to Samson, who offer us a glimpse at God's design for marriage.
God’s Surprising Hesed: Reading Ruth as a Palestinian Woman
By: Grace Al-Zoughbi | July 5, 2021
The story of Ruth can offer us a way forward into God’s redemptive loving-kindness.
Logical Leadership
By: Lynne Babbitt | June 9, 2021
Stereotypes say women are too emotional to lead, while men are clear and logical leaders. But when we look at the Bible, we find that these stereotypes are not only incorrect, they are also unbiblical.
Phoebe Through the Eyes of Paul
By: Julie R. Frady | March 25, 2021
Phoebe’s position in the church is debated. If she was a leader, some are sure she was an exception to the “rules” of 1 Cor. 14 and 1 Tim. 2. But what if Phoebe’s leadership represented the rule instead?
Priscilla Speaks
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 25, 2021
To read Priscilla’s story through a lens of male-only leadership diminished her calling and also Paul’s. It also obstructs, demeans, and even abuses God’s welcome to women leaders and their male allies then and now!
Book Review: Women in a Patriarchal World: Twenty-Five Empowering Stories from the Bible
By: Danielle Battaglia | March 23, 2021
In her introduction to Women in a Patriarchal World, Elaine Storkey reminds the reader of the important role that narrative theology has played in “both framing our doctrine and shaping our understanding of faith.”