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Women in Scripture and History: Esther, Mutuality, and the Gospel with Dr. Karen H. Jobes
By: Kimberly Dickson, Amber Burgess, Karen H. Jobes | March 22, 2024
Kim Dickson and Amber Burgess interview Dr. Karen H. Jobes about Esther. As a lifetime teaching professor, Dr. Jobes skillfully explains the academic complexities of Esther in a way that brings her listeners along to understand the significance of Esther’s story in the broader canon.
Barbie, The Book of the City of Ladies, and the Battle against Internalized Misogyny
By: Mary Bell | March 21, 2024
In the Barbie movie (2023), America Ferrera’s character gives an iconic speech about how “it is literally impossible to be a woman.” Christine de Pisan in 1405 also wrote a popular and highly regarded defense of women: The Book of the City of Ladies.
Twenty Centuries of Women Leaders in the Church
By: CBE International | March 14, 2024
In celebration of Women's History Month, here are five titles that trace women's contributions to the church from the time of Jesus down to the early Church Mothers, to medieval women theologians, and finally to female pastors of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Three Reasons Women's History Is So Important
By: Sarah Lindsay | March 7, 2024
Why does history matter? And in the context of Women’s History Month in particular, why does women’s history matter?
Kay Smith: Mother of the Jesus Movement
By: Michaela Farrell | March 6, 2024
Although not as well-known as Chuck Smith or Lonnie Frisbee, “Mama Kay” was one of the key figures behind the growth of the Jesus Movement in the 1960s and 1970s.
Jennie Johnson and Ordained Women’s Ministry in Canada
By: Taylor Murray | March 6, 2024
One of Canada’s earliest known ordained women, a Black preacher named Jennie Johnson served communities in both Canada and the United States.
The Apostolic Life of Walatta-Petros
By: Bridget Jack Jeffries | March 6, 2024
Apostle Walatta-Petros remained an outspoken Christian leader in the face of suffering and imprisonment, demonstrating faithfulness which would have a lasting effect on Ethiopia’s religious development.
Elinor Thornton: Bush Camp Preacher
By: Beulah Wood | March 6, 2024
An evangelist and preacher in timber camps, churches, and missions in New Zealand and the United Kingdom, Elinor sparked revivals and spread the gospel, causing ripple effects everywhere she and later, her husband, went.
Martyrdom and Motherhood: Perpetua and Felicity
By: Kylie Polkinghorne | March 6, 2024
The legacy of these mothers martyred for their faith demonstrates the life of sacrifice to which we are all called, be it sacrificing ourselves for our children or our lives for our Lord.
Book Review: Tell Her Story: How Women Led, Taught, and Ministered in the Early Church
By: Brianna Cortez | March 6, 2024
Nijay Gupta’s 2023 publication explores the lives of women in the early church.