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The World of the Early Church: Insights and Misconceptions
By: Christopher Hall | September 1, 2007
Seeking Justice and Loving Mercy: Gender and Equality in the Bible and our Culture
Men and Women Ministering Together
By: Robyn Claydon, David Claydon | March 1, 2007
Men and Women Ministering Together
"A Genius of a Woman"
By: Martha Ann Kirk | September 5, 2006
Without the work of a generous widow, millions of people may have gone without a good translation of the Bible for centuries. This woman had a profound hunger for the word of God, boundless care for the needy, courage to cross cultural boundaries based on gender, ethnicity, and class, and gospel vision to put the [...]
“I Have Seen the Lord” Mary Magdalene in the New Testament and Early Christianity
By: Lidija Novakovic | March 5, 2006
Greater awareness of Mary Magdalene’s exceptional role in the events surrounding Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection and her leadership in the early church should not only help us do justice to her memory but also inspire us in our struggle for gender equality.
Plurality and Patterns of Equality in Paul
By: Finny Philip | August 1, 2005
Plurality and Patterns of Equality in Paul
A Sword Between the Sexes: C.S. Lewis' Long Journey to Gender Equality
By: Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen | July 31, 2005
Was C. S. Lewis a misogynist? The answer depends on which point in his life you choose to examine. Until fairly late in life, Lewis’ view of gender relations was more influenced by his attraction to classical Greek philosophy, Pagan myth and Jungian psychology than by ‘mere’ Christianity. However, with his late acquaintance and marriage [...]
Black History in the Early Church, Part 1 &2
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | July 31, 2005
Black History in the Early Church, Part 1 and 2
Mutuality in Early Methodist Evangelistic Leadership
By: Paul W. Chilcote | March 5, 2005
Methodism began as a movement of renewal within the Church of England in the eighteenth century under the direction of John and Charles Wesley.
A Turning Ship, a Church Renewed
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | September 5, 2004
As I consider the similarities between reformist movements of the past and the current gender debate within the Church, I see why one might refer to it as a “reformation.”