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Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide
By: Nicholas D. Kristof | June 1, 2010
Through these stories, Kristof and WuDunn help us see that the key to economic progress lies in unleashing women’s potential. They make clear how so many people have helped to do just that, and how we can each do our part.
Making Women Visible!
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | May 26, 2010
Though she was only in her mid-twenties, her journalistic achievements were impressive. An award-winning writer, her passion to make known the challenges Christian women face in using their gifts had won national acclaim. To acquire additional skills, she attended a conference for Christian writers. Passionate to learn from her colleagues, she was delighted to find [...]
Serving or Subservience
By: Guest Author | May 23, 2010
Sometimes we hear Christian jargon batted about so much that we lose our grasp of what is meant by the terms. Because words like servant and servanthood have been used so much, I've chosen to use different ones.
An Interview with Dr. Pamela Erwin
By: Caroline Park James | May 19, 2010
Dr. Pamela Erwin of Bethel University has recently been appointed as department chair for biblical and theological studies. Currently a youth ministry professor, Pamela has been teaching for 15 years. This news, Mimi Haddad notes, is encouraging to us all: “Pamela’s leadership is one we’ve always regarded with much enthusiasm and appreciation.” During an interview [...]
Three Arguments
By: Jeff Gissing | May 14, 2010
One of the instruments God used to convince me that holding office in the church ought to follow calling rather than gender was an article written when I was four years old. I’m grateful for the pastor who gave me a copy of John Jefferson Davis’s insightful piece entitled, “Ordination of Women Reconsidered: [...]
Deep Justice and Gender
By: Mae Elise Cannon | May 12, 2010
While women continue to be paid less than their male counterparts in equivalent roles in the workplace, my understanding is that in the United States conditions are now improving and women are given equal (if not favorable) opportunities to progress up the corporate ladder. A close friend of mine is an executive in the banking [...]
Needed: Socially Innovative Women
By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | May 5, 2010
How often women lament that their lives were blocked from answering God's call to ministry. So many obstructions were put in their way because of their gender. They could not receive theological education, ordination, or employment in a church setting, and many have experienced a lifelong heartbreak that they were not permitted to fulfill the [...]
Should We Divide over Perspective on Gender and Service?
By: Guest Author | May 2, 2010
All Scripture is from TNIV, with my underlining.John 17:22-23 (Jesus speaking) I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one— I in them and you in me—so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent [...]
In the Name of Jesus
By: Joel Scandrett | April 30, 2010
Not long after I was confirmed as an Anglican, my then rector uttered words that have proven, and may yet prove, to be prophetic. He said, “The Anglican Communion is going to split: first, over the issue of homosexuality and, second, over the issue of women in ministry.” While the first of his predictions has [...]