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Remember the Women of the Persecuted Church
By: Guest Author | December 5, 2001
These women have struggled with painful separation, loss, and uncertainty. They have been ostracized by their culture, left alone to care for fatherless children and subjected to crushing poverty. Their faith has been stretched to the limit, and yet they have rarely been the subjects of prayer campaigns or human-rights projects.
Does CBE Matter in the Face of Terrorism?
By: Kim A. Pettit | December 5, 2001
In the face of terrorism, does CBE matter? Is it worth supporting? As I’ve thought about these questions, I’ve discovered remarkable answers. Biblical equality speaks to the questions raised by current events in ways I never would have expected.
Her Own Story: Autobiographical Portraits of Early Methodist Women
By: Paul Chilcote | December 1, 2001
This collection is the first of its kind. While it is not exhaustive, being composed only of letters, accounts of religious experience, diaries, journals and other miscellaneous prose works, the early Methodist women's writings assembled here provide a new vantage point from which to view the renewal of Christianity in the Wesleyan revival. They reflect [...]
Christlike Responses to a Hierarchical World: Lessons from bold women
By: Jeanne Williams | October 31, 2001
The Christian egalitarian woman is in a difficult position. If she truly believes God calls women to engage in the same types of ministries and offices of the church in which men engage, and if she is also committed to living a life that reflects God’s character, she is faced with a quandary.
If God Calls a Woman to Preach, She Should
By: Patrick R. Anderson | October 31, 2001
Once again we shake our heads, laugh, and roll our eyes at the Southern Baptist Convention. The boys who run that outfit never seem to tire of doing silly things. This time, when a few thousand of them [met] in Orlando in June [2000], they [made] all 15.9 million Southern Baptists reject female preachers.
“How Can I Help But Speak?”
By: Tracy Dunn-Noland | October 31, 2001
In 1998, the Southern Baptist Convention made headlines around the nation with the addition of the words “A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband” to the Baptist Faith and Message (B F&M).
Why? Oh, Why Am I a Woman?
By: Funmi Para-Mallam | October 31, 2001
I have a confession to make. I used to hate being a woman. And I hated God for making me one. But it wasn’t always that way.
Mutuality, Equalty, and Intersubmission: Tangled thoughts from a communitarian
By: Jon Trott | October 31, 2001
There are many others more qualified than I to represent a theological and philosophical apologetic for an “egalitarian” or “mutuality” point of view regarding women in the church.
Editor's Reflections | Autumn 2001
By: Carol R. Thiessen | October 31, 2001
Have you ever gotten really angry with God for making you who and what you are? If you are female, it’s entirely possible you’ve gotten as mad at God as one of the writers in this issue.
Like a River Glorious: Frances Ridley Havergal, 1836–78
By: Evelyn Bence | October 31, 2001
A prolific British hymn writer, Frances Ridley Havergal created poetic texts for the glory of God, but she also saw writing as her profession and livelihood.