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Historical and Cultural Contexts in the Women Ordination Debate
By: Philip Owasi | August 1, 2012
The ordination of women has been a contentious issue in the history of the church. For almost nineteen centuries, churches have debated whether women should hold leadership positions within the body of Christ. Despite what women have done in the history of the church, some churches have found it difficult to ordain women to the [...]
Balancing a Gendered Worldview: Politics and Religion in Focus
By: David Kodia | August 1, 2012
In Kenya, many churches bar women from church leadership and some teach very strongly against women as religious leaders, hence men dominate church leadership. This is also manifested in the political arena, where women lack representation. This parallel suggests that barring women from leadership is not a biblical premise but a cultural one. This session [...]
Christian Response to Gender Issues in Africa in the Era of HIV and AIDS
By: Esther Mombo | August 1, 2012
Some areas of sexual violence have been perpetuated by cultural practices like wife inheritance (a male relative inheriting his kinsman’s wife after he dies). While on the surface the church seemed to challenge cultural practices, this has not been the case with practices that have been sexual and which largely affect women. Wife inheritance [...]
Imago Dei And Justice
By: Abraham George | August 1, 2012
As a change agent in the community, the body of Christ must come to an understanding of the biblical concept of the image of God. An understanding of humanity as the bearer of that image—regardless of any classification society or culture might impose—is intrinsic to the church’s engagement in seeking justice.
How The Early Church Viewed Women
By: Philip B. Payne | August 1, 2012
This recording examines how early church leaders viewed women. It begins with Jesus Christ, moves to Paul, and highlights how various early church leaders’ insights into Paul’s teachings are helpful in guiding us to understand those statements as Paul intended them, namely as affirmations of women and their leadership roles in the church. Some [...]
Gender Justice as the Center of Christian Faith
By: Lillian Kimani | August 1, 2012
This recording addresses the role of Christian leaders in advocating for gender social justices from a biblical context. The session outlines steps church leaders can take to become effective advocates for women in the communities in which they serve.
The Trinitarian Concept Of Mutuality
By: Richard Howell | August 1, 2012
The Bible teaches equality and essential dignity of men and women of all ethnicities, ages, and classes, as all are created in the image and likeness of God. Since the church is called to be salt and light in the context in which we live, it is essential that the church recognizes and promotes the [...]
Examining the Twelve Pillars of Male Hierarchy
By: Philip B. Payne | August 1, 2012
This recording examines the twelve pillars most often adduced as biblical support for male hierarchy in the church and in the home. It shows that statements in the Bible adduced for this do not, in fact, support male hierarchy. To the contrary, they rather provide evidence for the equal standing and authority of man and [...]
Wading the Waters of Marriage with Hope Amidst Socio-Economic Challenges
By: Jenipha Wasonga | August 1, 2012
This recording examines the attitudes that negate God’s purpose for marriage often in the form of religious restriction on women in the home, church, and society. It then outlines the purpose, place, and sanctity of marriage, and shows how marriage relationships can be improved through mutual submission despite storms worsened by socio-economic situations.
Gendered Economics and Social Privileges: An Obstruction To Biblical Justice
By: David Kodia | August 1, 2012
In many marriages, especially in Africa, men use their traditional social status as bread winners and heads of their families to intimidate their wives into submission. Often, men can have employment that boosts them economically, but women are limited to kitchen and home duty. There has to be a deeper and more aggressive intervention from [...]