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Gifted for Leadership: Men and Women Sharing Equally in Leadership
By: Darin Poullard | July 26, 2009
This workshop will provide attendees with a biblical foundation for gender equality in leadership and steps for making one’s church egalitarian. It will also address challenges to egalitarianism.
Breaking Up the Good Old Boys' Club
By: J. Lee Grady | June 5, 2009
I never heard a woman preacher until I joined the charismatic movement in the 1970s. It took a while for me to get used to the idea, since the church I grew up in taught that women were most spiritual when they were silent.
First Timothy 2:12, the Ordination of Women, and Paul's Use of Creation Narratives
By: John Jefferson Davis | April 30, 2009
First Timothy 2:11–15, and especially verse 12, has long been a focal point in modern discussions of the ordination of women.
Co-Workers with Christ
By: John R. Kohlenberger III | October 15, 2008
Among Christians there is an abundance of literature, courses, and conferences on “becoming a leader.” Have you ever read a best-seller, or attended a conference on becoming a servant, even a slave for Christ? Yet, throughout Paul’s writings, he consistently associates leadership with service.
When Gifting is Denied
By: Robyn Claydon, David Claydon | August 1, 2008
The church’s outreach to the world is enhanced when the gifts given to all God’s people, including laity, women and youth, are affirmed and utilized. Ministry needs to be based on gifting not gender, on witnessing not categories, on biblical teaching not status. When gifting is denied because of gender, status, or age, [...]
Gender and Missions Panel
By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International, Lorry Lutz, Jeanette Yep, Jane Overstreet, David Joel Hamilton, Chad and Leslie Neal Segraves | July 20, 2008
Gender and Missions Panel
Outward Love, Inward Humility
By: Wade Burleson | June 5, 2008
An interview with women’s advocate and SBC pastor, Wade Burleson.
Q: My Church is Unwilling to Address the Gender Debate...
By: Alvera Mickelsen | June 5, 2008
Q: My church is unwilling to address the gender debate, feeling that it is too divisive. I have tried many times to advocate for women, but I am labeled as a trouble-maker and a radical. How do I, in a non-threatening way, encourage my church to examine the issue?
The Power of 'Even If'
By: Jason Eden | June 5, 2008
A historian finds surprising evidence for biblical equality in traditional translations of Scripture.
Book Review: Saving Women from the Church: How Jesus Mends a Divide
By: Jane Spriggs | June 5, 2008
Saving Women from the Church is a powerful book that will bring restoration and healing to women through the love of Jesus Christ.