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Voices
By: Joy Sullivan | May 21, 2008
As children, we are unfamiliar with our voices. We don’t always know what to say, how to carry expression, and what volume to use when talking. When I was young, adults told me that there are two kinds of voices: an “outside” and “inside” one. It was not until I was older that I [...]
Irrevocably Changed
By: Joy Sullivan | May 14, 2008
A few months ago, I was asked to play the role of Ruth in a church drama. I was unsure about accepting the part, having a heavy academic load as I tried to finish my last year at Bethel University. But the more I thought about it, the more I was drawn to the character [...]
Women in Ministry
By: Ashleigh Bailey | May 13, 2008
Adapted from a post originally appearing on Ashleigh's personal blog, Being Redefined, May 2007."It's ultimately about Jesus," "We want to focus on the essentials," "No reason to stir up controversy." The excuses to avoid serious questions about the issue of women in ministry are plentiful, and many sound pretty good. So why bother with an [...]
Are Women Fully Human?
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | May 7, 2008
If you spend time with 20 and 30 year olds, you realize one of the most important topics on their minds, understandably, is dating and marriage. Young men and women are eager to discover gender differences, awakening powerfully in them; to understand and interact with the opposite sex in ways that please God and nurture their own [...]
Translation of Words
By: JL P | May 7, 2008
2nd Timothy 2:2(NIV) And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. (TNIV) And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach [...]
Book Review: David Bailey's Speaking the Truth in Love
By: William David Spencer | May 1, 2008
"Roger and Annette Nicole . . . form a partnership to which anyone might point to illustrate the egalitarianism of men and women together that Roger so implacably defends" (ix), writes J. I. Packer in his introduction to Dr. David Bailey's delightful biography of CBE cofounder and evangelical statesperson Roger Nicole.
Editor's Reflections | Spring 2008 (22.2)
By: William David Spencer | April 30, 2008
What price do women pay in following God’s call to ordained ministry? For Louise Woosley in 1889, her ordination in Nolin Presbytery cost her the support of her father, her colleagues, and many in the larger Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee, of which the presbytery was a part.
Jessie Penn-Lewis’s Cross Theology
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | April 30, 2008
Considered the most influential woman affiliated with the Welsh Revivals (1904–05) and earlier the Keswick Conventions (1875–1910), Jessie Penn-Lewis (1861–1927) distinguished herself as a writer, speaker, and advocate of women’s public ministry. A crucicentrist of the highest order, Penn-Lewis’s egalitarian theology grew out of her understanding of Christ’s completed work on [...]
Biblical Equality and the Spirituality of Early Methodist Women
By: Paul W. Chilcote | April 30, 2008
O, blessed fountain of love! Fill my heart more with [Thy] Divine principle. Sink me lower in the depths of humility, and let me sit at the feet of Jesus, and learn of Him. Enlarge my soul, that I may better contemplate Thy glory. And may I prove myself Thy child, by bearing a resemblance [...]
The Role of Women in the Early Adventist Movement
By: David A. Dean | April 30, 2008
Women played an important and often overlooked role in the development of the Adventist movement in the nineteenth century United States. As a reform movement that set aside established traditions and looked afresh at Scripture, early Adventism found and espoused biblical support for women in ministry. Eventually, debates about women preachers ensued, foreshadowing contem [...]