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English Women Hymnwriters
By: Julia Ann Flora | January 31, 1994
The nineteenth-century secular women’s movement paved the way in many countries for more women’s education, writing, and publishing. The church also benefited by this escalation of women in leadership; many Christian hymnbooks printed material by women for the first time.
St. Clare Of Assisi, Founder Of The Poor Clares (1194-1253)
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | January 31, 1994
Accompanied by her chaperone, sixteen year old Clare would sneak off, without the knowledge of her parents, in order to hear the preaching of St. Francis. What attracted this young, wealthy beauty to the teaching of Francis? Why would she exchange the pleasures of a landed and aristocratic inheritance for the shorn hair, sackcloth, barefooted, [...]
Bitalia, the Ancient Woman Priest
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | January 31, 1993
The woman had upraised hands, in the gesture of a priest or bishop giving the benediction. This is also a gesture that is sometimes used in proclamation of the Word.
Early Church Heroines: Rulers, Prophets, and Martyrs
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | January 31, 1993
In recent years many writers have been reminding the church of the exemplary women who have held positions of authority and power in the Bible as rulers, prophets and martyrs. Deborah certainly has been often mentioned as a faithful ruler, a judge, prophet, and a military strategist.
Does It Matter? Remembering Our Foremothers
By: Gretchen Gaebelein Hull | January 31, 1993
Why should we highlight women in Bible times and throughout Christian history? Wouldn’t it be more timely to focus on women in the church today, by discussing their present aspirations? Aren’t twentieth-century movements what will influence not only the contemporary church, but also its future course?
The Golden Age for Women Preachers
By: Kari Torjesen Malcolm | October 31, 1992
What we need is another “Golden Age for Women” with Christian women released to preach the Gospel. This release must start in the sending churches because if the church that supports a woman says it’s a sin for her to preach, she’ll be silent.
Book Review: The Private War of Mrs. Packard: The Dramatic Story of a Nineteenth Century Feminist
By: James R. Beck | January 31, 1992
Every time discouragement sets in because of the slow progress of egalitarian ideas, we ought to be able to reach over our shoulders and pull from the shelf a book such as Sapinsley's. The story of Mrs. Packard (1816-1897), set in the American midwest, should remind all of us how much has been accomplished by [...]
Ministry and Meditation: The Spiritual Journey of Marchiene Vroon Rienstra
By: Debra Rienstra | October 31, 1991
This article is from a chapter in the book For Such A Time as This: Twenty-six Women of Vision and Faith Tell Their Stories, ed. Lillian Grissen. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1991.
Poor Little Blind Girl
By: Julie Ann Flora | April 30, 1991
Francis Jane (Fanny) Crosby was born in New York on March 24, 1820. She caught a cold at the age of six weeks, and a doctor prescribed a mustard poultice for her inflamed eyes. Instead of healing them it damaged her eyes. By the age of five she was virtually blind, although she could distinguish between day [...]
Women in Sacred Music
By: Julie Ann Flora | July 30, 1990
In the struggle to serve God, women have used their musical talent and influence in various ways. From Bible times to the present day, music has played an important part in worship of our great God. Students continue to explore, search out, and discover the part women played in this area through the years.