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How to Find a Church that Empowers Women
By: Ruth Martin | June 5, 2023
Finding a new church home can be a challenging process; how can you determine whether a church will support and empower women? These tips and suggestions will help guide you in your search.
Women: Men’s Genuine Partners
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | June 5, 2023
The genuine partnerships of women and men working side by side as evangelists, house-church planters, apostles, missionaries, Bible translators, and more comprise a Christ-follower revolution that transformed the most brutal superpower in history—Rome.
Women in Scripture and Mission: Joanna
By: Kimberly Dickson | June 2, 2023
Joanna accompanied Jesus throughout his ministry as he taught her to understand the importance of his upcoming life, death, and resurrection
Marriage Is Not a Monarchy: Decision-Making in a Crisis
By: Mikaela Bell | June 1, 2023
Editor’s Note: This article was also published in French on ServirEnsemble. My husband and I rolled up to the train station in Bordeaux, France, in the middle of the worst heat wave in French history. We were riding overly heavy rental bikes, grimy with sweat and road dust, and hauling a trailer that contained a [...]
Women and the Sanctity of Singleness
By: Rachel Larsen | May 25, 2023
Some evangelical churches hold marriage as the epitome of Christian life, while single women are often left on the sidelines of ministry, waiting to be seen. These single women have much to offer the church: gifts, resources, and deep relationships with God. It's time for churches to see not only the sanctity of marriage but [...]
Women, Stand as Pillars for God's Kingdom
By: Ruth Conard | May 25, 2023
For almost eighty years, Ruth followed God’s call, serving in Peru, Mexico, and even the Sahara Desert. Thanks to many other women in her life, she found freedom in Christ to use her gifting wherever God brought her. Now, she shares her story and decades of wisdom in hopes that other women and men [...]
Planting Seeds of Mutuality in a Complementarian Church
By: J.A. Boone | May 18, 2023
What happens when a gifted woman who believes in mutuality stays in a complementarian church? God uses her to plant seeds of mutuality that may grow.
Four Attitudes of Jesus that Empower Women
By: Jill Richardson | May 11, 2023
What can we learn from how Jesus empowered women? With Christ as our example, women and men can learn to fully embody the new creation and truly bring God's kingdom into this world — a kingdom where women are actually seen, respected, and set free to live out their calling.
Let's Stop Doing as the Romans Do
By: Adam Benner | May 4, 2023
Despite the complementarian claim that female submission is authentically “Christian,” it’s actually more in keeping with Roman practice. In Ephesians 5:25–28, however, Paul teaches his readers to behave in a way that’s very different from that of Roman males—a truly Christian way of honouring women. The question is, will we learn what he [...]
Women and Men Leading Together: “Exchanging a Muzzle for a Microphone” with Rici and Phil Skei
By: Layla Van Gerpen, Rob Dixon, Rici Skei, Phil Skei | April 28, 2023
Join Layla and Rob as they host Rici and Phil Skei, co-pastors and co-parents, sharing Rici's testimony of limitless ministry leadership and the joy of role flexibility in both home and ministry.