Articles for tag: Junia

January 29, 2019

Q. Should Women Be Involved in Church Leadership and Preaching Roles? (A. YES)

By Lorelei Pinney Nij It is incredible the modern church remains mired in the centuries-old debate of the role of women in ministry. In the late 1970s, when I was a senior at Dallas Christian College, one of my professors challenged me to examine this topic using only Scripture as my prooftext. It was enlightening and empowering to discover the principle limitations on women were not divinely inspired but were placed on them by men. Jesus’ View of Women I explored this question first: “How did Jesus treat women and what did he teach about women?” It is

March 6, 2014

Christian Standard

Ethics & Moral Issues Gender

Should Women Preach? (The Story of One Bible College Faculty’s Quest for an Answer)

By Matt Proctor In the book Children’s Letters to God, one young girl wrote: “Dear God, are boys better than girls? I know you are one, but try to be fair.” It’s an age-old question: what does God think about women and, specifically, women’s roles in the church? It’s also a controversial question. The April 2013 article “Women Preaching” generated more comments on CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s website than any other article last year. The article mentioned that Ozark Christian College offers a preaching class for women, and some readers wondered about the biblical rationale for such a class. (By the way,

April 1, 2007

Robert F. Hull Jr.

Church Leadership Ministry Training & Education

Why Scholarship Matters in the Church

Why does scholarship matter to the church? Robert F. Hull Jr. argues that faithful scholarship supports Bible translation, global mission, congregational health, and training future leaders—showing why “Athens and Jerusalem” need each other.

August 30, 2005

Christian Standard

Ethics & Moral Issues Gender

TWO VIEWS: EGALITARIAN “ALLOW WOMEN TO FULFILL THEIR CALLING”

Lana West explores the debate over women in ministry by tracing Scripture from creation through the early church, with special attention to 1 Corinthians 14 and 1 Timothy 2 and the role of cultural context in interpretation.