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3 New Testament Female Leaders: Phoebe, Junia, Prisca

November 19, 2018 by Ian Hyde

I’ve had many great conversations with my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, many of whom disagree with my belief that in Rom. 16:1-7, Paul commends Phoebe as an ordained deacon, Junia as an Apostle, and Prisca as the pastor of a local church (along with her husband). They contend that these women were NOT […]

Filed Under: Women and the Bible Tagged With: Ian Hyde

Seeing Myself in the Texts of Terror

November 12, 2018 by Hannah Gaddini

The other day I happened to go through some old writings from college and I stumbled upon something. It was a reflection I wrote in a Theology class where we had discussed the “texts of terror.” “Texts of Terror” is a term created by Phyllis Trible to refer to four narratives of disturbing violence against women that are depicted in the Old Testament. The class was, understandably, triggering for me. I had never heard these stories before. After the class I wrote a reflection to process.

Filed Under: Personal Stories, women in the old testament Tagged With: Hannah Gaddini, texts of terror in the bible

Did Jesus Spend Most of His Time with Just 12 Men?

March 28, 2018 by Gail Wallace

An argument often used to restrict women from church leadership is that Jesus spent most of his time on earth investing in a group of 12 men. [1] But a close reading of the gospels shows that his band of followers also included women disciples. I’ll leave the reader to their own survey of the […]

Filed Under: Jesus and women, Women and the Bible Tagged With: Gail Wallace, Joanna in the Bible, Mary and Martha in the bible, Mary Magdalene, Mary of Clopas in the bible, Mary of Nazareth, Mary the mother of James, sexism in the church, Susanna in the bible

To My Friend Who Believes in “Biblical Gender Roles”

September 20, 2017 by Christi Rooke

I wrote this note to a friend who continues to believe in “Biblical gender roles” and thought it might be encouraging and helpful to others.

Every girl and boy, woman and man bears the image of our Creator. And each person has a unique set of gifts that God wants to use in powerful ways so that the Kingdom will be “on earth as it is in heaven”! Sadly, too often the church fails to empower ALL of God’s warriors because their strengths and gifts don’t fit into the right “gender box”. Like Jesse and Samuel not expecting David, many of God’s anointed are passed over because they don’t fit prescribed expectations. I know too many men who have been shamed because their gifts didn’t line up on the right list of “manly traits”.

Filed Under: Women and the Bible, Women and the Church Tagged With: biblical manhood, biblical womanhood, Christi Rooke

Jesus & the Women of the Gospels

August 3, 2017 by 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 a congregation beyond your work in children’s ministry” or “you can preach, but only at our women’s retreat,” or “keep working just a little bit harder, eventually someone will notice you deserve […]

Filed Under: Women and the Bible Tagged With: Julia Matallana-Freedman

The Women Who Stood Near the Cross

April 14, 2017 by Gail Wallace

“Some women were watching from a distance, including Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and Salome. When Jesus was in Galilee, these women had followed and supported him, along with many other women who had come to Jerusalem with him.” (Mark 15:40-41) We know from all four gospel writers that a […]

Filed Under: Easter, Women and the Bible, women in the new testament Tagged With: Gail Wallace

Male-Female: Equality in the Gospel of Luke

January 14, 2017 by Gail Wallace

When we view scripture from the 30,000 foot level we see it moving in the direction of a more equal partnership of men and women, defying the convention of the times. The male-female pairings in the book of Luke are one intriguing example of this movement. In today’s post Gail takes readers on a quick trip through Luke pointing out male-female pairs in the narratives, the parables, the miracles, and Jesus’ public teaching. It is an intriguing look at how Jesus elevated the status of women.

Filed Under: Women and the Bible Tagged With: Gail Wallace

Women are in God’s Story – Do You See them?

December 7, 2016 by Kate Wallace Nunneley

“No one is on the periphery of God’s story”. That’s how the pastor at the church I attended last Sunday started his very well delivered message. And what a great message it was! He went on to explain that no matter who you are, God wants to use you to spread the light of Jesus […]

Filed Under: Women and the Bible Tagged With: Anna of Asher, Anna the prophet, Kate Wallace Nunneley

4 Truths About Women in the Church

September 1, 2016 by Krysti Wilkinson

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 truth, when the first person to share the gospel – He is risen! – was a woman. We question the idea of women in leadership, when once upon a time […]

Filed Under: church leadership, egalitarianism, Women and the Bible, Women and the Church Tagged With: Krysti Wilkinson

Directing Godspell with a Female Jesus

August 3, 2016 by Amelia Haas

Directing Godspell with Female Jesus

  “Do you care if Jesus is a righty or a lefty?” Jasmine Myers asks during a rehearsal for Godspell. She’s just finished showing me the sign language translation she’s created for the chorus of the song “Beautiful City.” “You’re a lefty,” I respond, “Do whichever’s more comfortable for you.” In Still Small Theatre’s upcoming […]

Filed Under: Jesus and women, Personal Stories Tagged With: Amelia Haas

A God With Two Hands: Reflecting on Gender Equality

July 7, 2016 by Stephen Waldron

A God With Two Hands

In a recent Christians for Biblical Equality blog post, Kevin Giles showed how people used the Bible to justify slavery in a way that is similar to the justification of gender-based hierarchy. In the 19th century United States, pro-slavery theologians made a comprehensive biblical case for the rightness of slavery. Based on a flat reading of […]

Filed Under: egalitarianism, Jesus and women, sexism and gender equality in the church, Women and the Bible Tagged With: Stephen Waldron

6 Great Studies on Women of the Bible: 2016 Edition

June 28, 2016 by Gail Wallace

We often get requests for curriculum that supports the egalitarian view of women as full and equal partners in marriage and ministry. So last year we published 6 Great Studies on Women of the Bible (2015), a post that has become one of our most visited resources. Bible studies on the list met four criteria: a focus on […]

Filed Under: General, Women and the Bible Tagged With: Gail Wallace

Paul’s Egalitarian Reading of the Old Testament

June 22, 2016 by Gail Wallace

For years I struggled with my relationship with the apostle Paul. On the one hand, as a teenager, I was completely taken with books like Galatians and Philippians and studied chart after chart of the missionary journeys (I am a missionary kid, after all). But as an adult, I had trouble reconciling the “clobber verses” […]

Filed Under: Bible translation & interpretation, Women and the Bible Tagged With: Apostle Paul and women, Gail Wallace

Shallum’s Daughters: Builders of the Wall

May 27, 2016 by Leigh Powers

It’s just one line from a single verse in the third chapter of Nehemiah, but it fascinates me:

Shallum, son of Hallohesh, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, repaired the next section with the help of his daughters (Nehemiah 3:12).

Shallum, ruler of a half-district of Jerusalem, rebuilt a section of the wall with the help of his daughters. His daughters. Really?

To understand the role of Shallum’s daughters in rebuilding the wall, we first have to understand why the wall was torn down. The Babylonians invaded Judah and captured Jerusalem in 587/586 B.C. The Jews were carried into exile. Seventy years later, the exile ended when King Cyrus began to allow the Jews to return home. But while the returning exiles began to rebuild the temple and restore their homes, the city’s broken wall left Jerusalem vulnerable and undefended. God eventually made a way for Nehemiah to travel to Jerusalem to rebuild the wall with the king’s full permission and support. Upon arrival, Nehemiah quickly got to work surveying the damage, rallying the people, and organizing the work. Nehemiah 3 lists the names of all those who rebuilt a section of the wall, and right there in the middle of his list Nehemiah included Shallum and his daughters.

Filed Under: Women and the Bible, women in the old testament Tagged With: Leigh Powers, Nehemiah in the bible, Shallum in the bible

Why I Support Women in Church Leadership – in 30 Seconds

May 24, 2016 by Kate Wallace Nunneley

I was recently asked to summarize why I support women in church leadership in thirty seconds or less. This was my response… Deborah leading Israel (Judges 4) Huldah interpreting the law for the nation (2 Kings 22 & 2 Chronicles 34) Esther saving God’s people from genocide (Book of Esther) Miriam leading worship (Exodus 15) […]

Filed Under: church leadership, Women and the Bible, Women and the Church, women in church leadership Tagged With: Kate Wallace Nunneley

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