5 Ways to Support Emerging Women Leaders in the Church
In church leadership, men occupy a position of default; women occupy a position of difference. When we open a Word doc on our…
How to Raise a Girl Today to be a Pastor Tomorrow
Shaping future pastors doesn’t begin with college, or even a call. It begins at birth. It begins with parents and church families who…
If You Give a Woman a Bible…
"If You Give a Woman a Bible" is a Top 3 Winner for The Junia Project's 2017 blog contest. Laura Atwater cleverly uses…
A God Who Calls Women to Pastor
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…
This is What a Leader Looks Like: Natalia Alvarez
“This is What a Leader Looks Like” is a series adapted from an interview project on women in leadership conducted by Naomi Hall. Naomi…
Resources for Women Preachers
In this process of learning to preach it has been important to me to hear what other women preachers have to say. I’m…
A Day in the Life of a Female Pastor’s Husband
The Junia Project recently published an article written by my wife entitled, A Day in the Life of a Female Pastor. The unfortunate…
A Day in the Life of a Female Pastor
Most mornings I wake up to a certain heaviness in my body. I feel it from the inside out. It is as if…
This Chair: One Woman’s Journey to Seminary
Northern Seminary student Megan Westra recently posted a reflection on Facebook about starting classes for her Master of Divinity degree. We asked her…
10 Reasons Why Men Should Not Be Pastors
"A man's place is in the army." So starts David M. Scholer's satirical list of reasons why men shouldn't be pastors. Most of…
Thoughts From a Feminist Asian Dad
I’m a feminist. But I haven’t always been. Through much of my life I’ve been a pretty nice guy – thoughtful, sensitive to…
Do I Stay or Do I Leave? A Dilemma for Women in the Church
Earlier this year we shared a guest post titled "Why I'm at a Church That Doesn't Support Gender Equality". The post led to…
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…
Stumbling Over Women: Stones of Remembrance
On a recent tour of Germany I came across the Stolpersteine Project. Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) are small brass-plated blocks or stones embedded into…
Why Women Make Excellent Church Planters
Most church planting conferences, books, and leaders that I interact with assume that church planters will be male. Moreover, there are some movements…