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Dancing Toward Equality in the Emerging Church

By: Kelly Bean | September 5, 2004

Because of the evangelical heritage of much of the emerging church, cultural shifts need to be made to make way for women to minister as co-equals. We all have new steps to learn in order to move fluidly together in our kingdom work, but the dance has begun, sometimes beautifully and sometimes stumbling, most partners [...]

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Seven Steps for Bringing Biblical Equality

By: Karl Vaters | September 5, 2004

Getting biblical egalitarian principles accepted in a local congregation can be a daunting task, but there are a few things anyone can do to help this vision become a reality.

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Book Review: Tracing God's Women from Genesis to the New Testament: God's Women Then and Now

By: Alvera Mickelsen | September 5, 2004

The authors trace the hand of God on women from Genesis through the New Testament. They confront long-held traditions, prejudices, and assumptions with a loving, non-judgmental spirit that makes it possible for readers to examine their own beliefs without being threatened.

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Biblical Basis for Women's Service in the Church

By: N. T. Wright | September 5, 2004

The Biblical Basis for Women’s Service in the Church

What are the Biblical Roles of Female and Male Followers of Christ?

By: Aída Besançon Spencer | April 30, 2004

Roles do not create identity. You are who you are no matter what you do, within your physical capacity. Men cannot bear children. Many women can. Yet a woman who could not bear children would still be a woman. Our human identity comes not from our roles but from our creation and re-creation by God.

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Becoming Better Servants

By: Nancy D. Becker | March 5, 2004

I’ve especially noticed that in the church, the differences between men and women often hinder us from fulfilling Christ’s work. Only when I began to recognize and appreciate these differences did I see how men and women could, instead, become effective partners in ministry.

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Urbana Walks the Talk

By: Dr. Mimi Haddad, President of CBE International | March 4, 2004

Urbana, the largest missions conference in the world, was uncompromising in living out the ideals of biblical equality.

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Boldly and Fearlessly Proclaim the Truth

By: Jaime Hunt | December 5, 2003

As I walked into the seminary, my eyes widened. My heart thudded and I heard God speak to me clearly, “You are called to this, my child.”

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The Cost of Equality: Missionaries Choose Integrity Over Their Careers

By: Jaime Hunt | December 5, 2003

Today, the Church persecutes some Christians simply for believing God equally gifts men and women.   

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