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Following After Peace
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | April 15, 2009
“Hierarchy is a breeding ground for domestic abuse!” declared the instructor. I almost fell off my chair in shock! How could he be so dogmatic? In an effort to better educate myself, I was attending a state certified program on batterer intervention. Although we do a great deal to work toward abuse prevention and the [...]
Beauty for Ashes
By: Lisa L. Thompson | March 5, 2009
The bottom line is God did not create any woman to be a prostitute, a stripper, a porn star, or to feel like she must pursue an endless quest for physical perfection.
Sin Does Not Discriminate
By: Naomi Eden | March 5, 2009
Myths about sexuality are not just confined to our broader culture. They exist in our churches as well.
Trash to Treasure
By: Kimberly Renee Gunvaldson | March 5, 2009
I had been taught that women had supportive roles in family life. I had been taught the church family was no different. Equal in Christ, with different appointments, all important; there was no favoritism with my Creator.
Book Review: Leslie Ann McKinney's Accepted in the Beloved
By: Elizabeth McLaughlin | January 31, 2009
Pastor Leslie Ann McKinney passionately believes that God loves and accepts his daughters and has created Accepted in the Beloved: A Devotional Bible Study for Women on Finding Healing and Wholeness in God's Love to help women know and experience this love for themselves. The book is suitable for individual and group studies, but it [...]
Oppression and Abuse Under the Law, but Freedom in Christ
By: William David Spencer | January 30, 2009
W: William David Spencer A: Ajai (male) M: Maureena (female) W: I notice that some Muslim women wear head coverings one hundred percent of the time. M: Yes, all the time. It is a very totally different culture in the Muslim world. That’s why, when we went to the Middle East, the first thing [...]
Patriarchy, Rape, and Heroism
By: Steven R. Tracy | December 5, 2008
A group of colleagues and I first traveled to the Congo in 2007 to conduct conferences on abuse. We were shocked at the extent of patriarchy and resultant mistreatment of women.
Accepted in the Beloved [House of Prisca & Aquila]
By: Leslie Ann McKinney | August 25, 2008
Accepted in the Beloved is a Bible study that will help and encourage women who desire to know and experience God's love and acceptance, and will help equip pastors or pastoral caregivers to support and assist survivors of abuse. The six-lesson journey through Accepted in the Beloved will encourage healing, growth, and transformation.
Vocational Identity and Direction
By: JoAnn Streeter Shade | July 30, 2008
Throughout the last quarter of the twentieth century, women began to enter the seminaries of the United States in record numbers. Upon graduation, many sought ordination and have served well in various ministry positions for many years. These same women now find themselves sitting on empty nests, entrenched in the “good old [...]