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Freedom and Good News for ALL
By: Efrem Smith | March 5, 2006
At its best, the Church preaches new birth, has women in positions of pastoral leadership, believes children and youth can advance the Kingdom, is multicultural, and sees social justice as essential to true missions.

"It Will Not Be Taken From Her"
By: John DelHousaye | March 5, 2006
Jesus also called women to be his disciples. Based on Jesus’ other choices of disciples, what does the presence of these women in his circle of disciples teach us about the Kingdom?

Jesus wants us to Live
By: Rachel Gillespie Lee | March 5, 2006
Jesus can give us life that death can’t erase. He has the power to do that no matter what the obstacles are that bind us. Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead to help us understand the power of God, to help us see that God has control over every kind of death.

Gender Wars: Biology Offers Insights to a Biblical Problem
By: MaryKate Morse | January 31, 2006
Men and women struggle to understand each other and to thrive together as God intended. God’s design of an Edenic relationship where the male and the female together nurture and steward the earth rarely seems to happen.

Honey from the Rock
By: Janet O. Hagberg | December 5, 2005
As a spiritual director, I recommend to people who are trying to heal childhood religious experiences that they return to the scene of the crime and forgive people for what happened. Little did I know that I had another important step in my own process of forgiving people for my childhood religious experiences.

On Whether 1 Corinthians 11:2–16 Allows an Egalitarian Exegesis
By: Alex Bearden | October 31, 2005
An unfortunate history of misinterpretation and abuse has surrounded 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. It has been taken out of context and used to suppress women’s involvement in the ministry of the church. The egalitarian interpretation, however, finally perceives this verse, not as a tool of oppression, but as one with a helpful cross-cultural message.

Paul and the Leadership of Women: Irreconcilable or Inextricable?
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | August 1, 2005
Paul and the Leadership of Women: Irreconcilable or Inextricable? The Historical Context of Ephesians and Corinthians

Biblical Equality and Radical Feminism: What is the Difference?
By: Aída Besançon Spencer | August 1, 2005
This workshop defines different types of femenism and analyses the similarities and differences.

"Eve" Becomes Mother: Childbirth as a Positive Spiritual Event
By: Kathy Nesper, Coralee Murray | August 1, 2005
"Eve" Becomes Mother: Childbirth as a Positive Spiritual Event

There's Something About Mary (The Mother of Jesus): From Magnificat to Model Disciple
By: Joseph B. Modica | August 1, 2005
There's Something About Mary (The Mother of Jesus): From Magnificat to Model Disciple