What Does the Gospel Make Possible for Women Today?
100 years ago I could not have voted in the United States,” I told the pastor sitting across from me. “But I believe…
Lost In Translation: Phoebe, Servant or Minister?
Though inequality makes some of my complementarian friends uneasy, they hold fast to their beliefs nonetheless. They do this, some tell me, because…
Junia Project
Advocating for Women’s Equality in the Church. Women are often told they are “less than” in the Church, but we believe the Bible…
3 New Testament Female Leaders: Phoebe, Junia, Prisca
I’ve had many great conversations with my fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, many of whom disagree with my belief that in Rom.…
The New Testament Case for Women Pastors
"There were zero women pastors in the Bible and no women apostles. There were no women pastors in nearly 2000 years of church…
Male-Female: Equality in the Gospel of Luke
When we view scripture from the 30,000 foot level we see it moving in the direction of a more equal partnership of men…
Women are in God’s Story – Do You See them?
“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…
Walking in Rachel Held Evans’ Shoes
It was November 2013. The conference had already started, and I was running late. I walked quickly along the sidewalk with my…
Mentoring in the Church: Apollo had Priscilla, Phoebe had Paul
Empowered by higher education and the willingness of thinking people to judge others on their merits rather than their plumbing, more women are…
Confusing “Equality” with “Sameness”: A Complementarian Misconception
Time after time, I’ve read complementarian literature that seems to misunderstand what is meant by biblical equality for women and men. The heart…
Why We Should Pray like Hannah!
During my freshman year at a conservative Christian high school, my keyboarding teacher suddenly fell ill. That week, after our regularly scheduled chapel…
The New Wine of the Kingdom: Equality in the Church
… no one who drinks the old wine seems to want the new wine. ‘The old is just fine,’ they say.” Jesus in…
In the Image of Man They Created God; Male They Created Him
Last week Owen Strachan, prominent complementarian leader and President of the Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, called Rachel Held Evans‘ teaching “heresy”…
No Middle Ground for Women in the Church
There was a time I tried to keep both a hierarchical view of authority in the church and a freedom for women to…