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The Place of Women in First-century Synagogues: They were much more active in religious life than they are today
By: Shmuel Safrai | January 31, 2002
In the time of Jesus there was no separation of the sexes in the synagogue and women could be counted as part of the ten individuals needed for a religious quorum. This allowed women to be much more active in the religious life of the community than they are today.
The Cultural Context of Ephesians 5:18–6:9
By: Gordon D. Fee† | January 31, 2002
Is there a divinely ordained hierarchy in the life of the church and home that is based on gender alone?
Editor's Reflections | Winter 2002
By: Carol R. Thiessen | January 31, 2002
Individually, and taken together, these articles break new ground for many of us and provide new information about the role of women in the early years of the church. I hope you will find each of them as helpful as I did.
Book Review: Women of Influence: Women of Devotion Through the Centuries
By: Evelyn Bence | January 31, 2002
Forbes now is in secular academia, teaching rhetoric in writing, and she's turned her research attention to selected women who have unwittingly wielded a great deal of influence if not power, particularly in the twentieth century: devotional writers or compilers.
Book Review: Feminist Theology Through the Ages: Why We're Equal
By: Joseph B. Modica | January 31, 2002
Val Webb has written an engaging, readable, and mostly historical approach to feminist theology. Her thesis is straightforward and often restated: "The goal of this book is to look at the diversity of the feminist movement and show how limited and inaccurate negative stereotyping is."
Celebration Empowers Women Across the Globe
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | December 6, 2001
Only one week after September 11, few were willing to board a plane. While most cancelled travel plans, three CBE staff members headed to Houston for the Global Celebration for Women. We offered a biblical basis for women’s Christian service to 10,000 women from 156 nations.
Book Review: Two Views on Women in Ministry
By: Julia Bloom | December 6, 2001
“God is not an equal opportunity employer.” “God is an equal opportunity employer.” These antithetical statements come from the two authors representing the complementarian view in Two Views on Women in Ministry, a new book in Stanley N. Gundry’s “Counterpoints” series.
Q&A: Does a Woman Need a Male Covering Over Her Ministry?
By: Alvera Mickelsen | December 6, 2001
This is a question frequently asked by some Christians who belong to some branches of Pentecostalism. The teaching about “male covering” for women is rarely found outside of these groups and has never been accepted by the vast majority of evangelical Christians.
Editor's Note
By: Joanne Nystrom Janssen | December 5, 2001
At CBE we call marriage “ground zero” for the debate about women’s places in the church and the home. We’ve found that understanding God’s design for a woman and a man in that relationship is essential for understanding how women and men can work together to further the gospel. If the two [...]
Women Celebrate Female Contributions to God’s Kingdom
By: Joanne Nystrom Janssen | December 5, 2001
For CBE staff member Sarah Edwards, the significance of the Global Celebration for Women was captured in a single moment: when a group of brilliantly dressed African women began to sing and dance contagiously to the beat of a drum.