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Sister Gertrude Morgan's Record
By: Chelsea DeArmond | December 5, 2006
Sister Gertrude Morgan’s record reveals her single-minded commitment to worship. Her artwork and music were saturated with images and words from Scripture.
"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 [...]
Prophetic Women and the People of God
By: Elaine Heath | January 31, 2006
What does it mean to be a prophetic woman in leadership in the church? In many ways, simply to be a Christian woman in leadership is to be a prophet, for, regardless of the advances of women’s rights, the world remains overwhelmingly patriarchal.
Reflections on Chapter 2 of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
By: Leah Welch | October 31, 2005
Arguably, Mary Wollstonecraft can be as relevant today as she was in 1792 when she wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Her critique of societal norms and the education of women and children was revolutionary when she wrote it, and it still has the capability to be influential today.
Paul and the Leadership of Women: Irreconcilable or Inextricable?
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | July 31, 2005
Paul and the Leadership of Women: Irreconcilable or Inextricable? The Historical Context of Ephesians and Corinthians
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.
Cloistered Redemption: Exploring the Effects of Asceticism on Women in the Fourth Century
By: Michal Beth Dinkler | January 31, 2005
As the Church’s new political status gave rise to monasticism, so the monastic movement influenced Christian doctrine in several key areas, one of which is the Church’s view of women.
The Scandal of Equality in First-Century Christian Teaching
By: David Instone-Brewer | September 5, 2004
The Scandal of Equality in First-Century Christian Teaching
Not to be Forgotten: Gladys Aylward 1902-1970 Missionary to China
By: Leslie Hammond | July 31, 2004
In 1930, a young woman named Gladys Aylward left the suburbs of London and set out for China, convicted that she was meant to preach the gospel to the people of this remote land. Rejected by the China Inland Mission because her “advanced age” of 28 made her too old to learn Chinese, she headed for the [...]
Jewels in Her Crown
By: Evelyn Bence | October 31, 2003
Two hundred years before Martin Luther’s reformation, a woman now known as St. Bridget of Sweden (1302-1373) challenged wayward kings, priests, and popes, calling them to repentance.