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More on the Roles of Women in Antiquity

By: Craig Keener | October 31, 1996

Evangelical egalitarians often argue that the biblical writers were progressive in their day. It may therefore be helpful to survey some male views about women in the general period in which the New Testament was being written. We should keep in mind that the New Testament writers were not the only progressive voices [...]

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Book Review: My Daughter a Preacher!?!

By: James R. Beck | October 31, 1996

While this book does not explore new territory regarding the issue of women in ministry, it does serve a useful purpose: This is an ideal book to give your pastor, especially if he is straddling the fence on this issue. One pastor speaking to other pastors can have a powerful impact.

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How Faith Mission Pioneers Understood Women’s Roles

By: Ruth A. Tucker | April 30, 1996

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, women in these newly formed denominations enjoyed unprecedented opportunities for ministry in every level of church outreach.

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A Christian Woman in Academe

By: Janel M. Curry-Roper | January 31, 1996

Perhaps some of you have heard or read of Luther’s theology on the Christian in the world and his idea of the dual kingdoms of church and state. I’ve come to believe that a Christian woman in academe is embedded in more than a duality of kingdoms, but a plurality.

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Go Ahead! Prove That You Can!

By: Jill Rasmussen | July 31, 1995

I had an experience that was even more invigorating in a local Protestant church whose policy prohibits women from teaching males of junior high age or older except under male supervision. Furthermore, all teachers are subject to the board of elders, which is strictly composed of married men. Let me tell you (1) why such [...]

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Empowered to Serve

By: Gretchen Gaebelein Hull | July 31, 1995

At first glance, being empowered to serve appears to be an obvious and familiar concept to many people. The thinking is: Of course we Christians are called to serve God first and then to serve our fellow human beings, and obviously if God calls us to do something God will give us the power to [...]

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Recognizing The Connection: Women And Missions

By: Bryant Myers | July 31, 1995

If the education and empowerment of women leads to other kinds of positive social change, might women also be critical to spiritual transformation as well? Such a connection might provide important strategic insight with regard to some of the larger unreached people groups that have been highly resistant to traditional forms of evangelism.

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The Scandal Of The (Male) Evangelical Mind

By: Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen | July 31, 1995

The scandal of the evangelical mind, Mark Noll tells us, “is that there is not much of an evangelical mind." The reasons he lists for this are many, and include evangelical over-emphasis on the emotionally-charged experience of conversion, an overly-populist approach to evangelism, a preoccupation with personal sanctification to the exclusion of concern for creation, [...]

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Women in God's Plan

By: J. Bruce Kilmer | January 31, 1995

The Old Testament teaches us much about the nature of God. It is the inspired record of God working out his eternal plan for us. From the Old Testament we learn about God’s long-suffering, loving, merciful nature. We see the beginning of his plan for our redemption. The God revealed to us in the [...]

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The Challenge of the Re-Imagining God Conference

By: Catherine Clark Kroeger | April 30, 1994

Certainly today’s women have the right to choose their own forms of religious expression. However, they also have a right to understand the antecedents of those forms. Because various conference presentations and liturgies went beyond orthodox Christian faith and practice, we need to examine the historical roots of these so-called “new” ideas.

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