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Using Peter and Paul Against Mary? Patriarchy and Slavery in New Testament Letters

In the context of Ephesians 3, Colossians 3, and 1 Peter 2-3, instructions to wives and to slaves are inextricable from one another. In particular,…
Women and the Bible

Revisiting the Woman at the Well in John 4

The story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman at the well is told in chapter 4 of the Gospel of John. It comes on the…
Women and the Church

10 Ways Men Can Open Doors for Women in the Church

No matter your church context – whether your church ordains women as ministers of the gospel, whether they involve women as preachers or only in…
Biblical Equality, Women and the Bible, Women and the Church

4 Truths About Women in the Church

Sometimes I find it amusing that our churches of today seem to be more anti-women than the Bible is. We doubt women’s ability to preach…
"Notorious" Passages

Ephesians 5:21-33: How Paul Turns Headship on Its Head

Ephesians 5:21-33 is often cited as a proof text to endorse male leadership in the home. In this text, wives are instructed to submit to…
Women and the Bible, Women and the Church

On 1 Corinthians 14 & Women’s Silence in Church

It is all too easy for the loudest and most prolific voices to dominate what a young Christian hears about gender relationships in the Christian…
Biblical Equality, Personal Stories

Let My People Go: The Impact of Patriarchy in the Church

Patriarchy is an oppressive cultural norm with a history that predates Christianity. Fortunately, it is fading from our global community. Unfortunately, it persists in some…

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Women and the Bible

Jesus & the Women of the Gospels

Julia Matallana-Freedman

Sometimes I still believe the myths. You know, the soft rumblings of that devilish voice that says, “you don’t have much to offer…

Personal Stories, Women and the Church

Being Egalitarian in a Complementarian World

Eva Burkholder

As I listened to the pastor of my new church describe the insults and attacks he and the elders had endured after they…

Women and the Church

5 Ways to Support Emerging Women Leaders in the Church

Alicia McClintic

In church leadership, men occupy a position of default; women occupy a position of difference. When we open a Word doc on our…

Personal Stories, Women and Relationships

Submitting to Egalitarianism: One Couple’s Journey

Tammi Kauffman

I should have realized it long ago; I should have recognized the signs. But I didn’t. I suppose I was so lost in…

Women and Relationships, Women and the Church

How to Raise a Girl Today to be a Pastor Tomorrow

Elizabeth Graham

Shaping future pastors doesn’t begin with college, or even a call. It begins at birth. It begins with parents and church families who…

Personal Stories

Taking the Backseat of Christianity

Sharon Klingemann

I was a freshman in college and I believed that I needed to take the backseat of Christianity. I was headed to Columbia,…

Personal Stories

Becoming an Advocate for Women: One Man’s Journey

Alex Evangelista

Learning to be an advocate for women is difficult when you have to unlearn years of a complementarian mentality, male privilege and the…

Personal Stories

Who Really Cares about Male Headship?

Tim Evans

I recently had a conversation with a good friend. As we were talking, I shared some frustrations I had surrounding ways that many…

Personal Stories

How to Be Egalitarian with a Complementarian Spouse

Halley Watson Kim

How to Be Egalitarian with a Complementarian Spouse. Well you cry a lot, sometimes, especially in the beginning. You both get mad and…

Personal Stories, Women and the Church

If You Give a Woman a Bible…

Laura Atwater

"If You Give a Woman a Bible" is a Top 3 Winner for The Junia Project's 2017 blog contest. Laura Atwater cleverly uses…

Personal Stories

Supermodels, Businesswomen, and Apostles

Becky Castle Miller

This post is a Top 3 Winner for The Junia Project's 2017 blog contest. "It was an American supermodel who first showed me…

Women and Relationships

6 Ways to Know You’re Living Out an Egalitarian Marriage

Robin Rhine McDonald

In 2015, a few months before my wedding, I wrote a blog for the Junia Project titled, 6 Things Egalitarian Marriage is Not.…

Personal Stories, Women and the Church

A God Who Calls Women to Pastor

Teanna Sunberg

It is Friday afternoon and my 14-year old folds her tall frame into the passenger seat. “Mom, I am so angry.” Uh-oh. My…

Personal Stories, Women and the Church

This is What a Leader Looks Like: Natalia Alvarez

Naomi Hall

“This is What a Leader Looks Like” is a series adapted from an interview project on women in leadership conducted by Naomi Hall. Naomi…

Personal Stories

This is What a Leader Looks Like: Back Country Edition

Naomi Hall

“This is What a Leader Looks Like” is a series adapted from an interview project on women in leadership conducted by Naomi Hall. Naomi…

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1 Corinthians 11

1 Corinthians 14

1 Corinthians 7

1 Kings 1:11-30

1 Peter 3

1 Thessalonians

1 Timothy 2

2 Peter 3

2 Samuel 11

2 Samuel 12

Acts 2

Colossians 3

Ephesians 5

Galatians 3:28

Genesis

Genesis 1

Genesis 2

Genesis 3

Genesis 38

Hebrews 11

James 2:25-26

John 19

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John 4

John 7

Joshua 2

Joshua 6

Luke 1

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Luke 15

Luke 2

Luke 24

Luke 5

Luke 8

Mark 15

Matthew 1

Matthew 11

Matthew 15

Matthew 19

Matthew 27

Proverbs 18:22

Proverbs 31

Romans 16

Ruth

Titus 2

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