Several years ago I sat down with a prominent male pastor in my community, who also happened to be a former seminary professor of mine. I wanted to get his…
There are experiences that I have as a woman in ministry that my male colleagues don’t. Some are obvious, others are subtle. I was recently at a worship service that…
There has been a blog post making its way around the internet about men preferring debt-free virgins without tattoos. I’m not going to link to it, because I see no…
I was sitting towards the back of a large lecture hall in a seminary class on Paul. The professor stood at the front of the class and said, “I understand…
Author and speaker Sarah Bessey started a twitter hashtag called #55ThingsOnlyChristianWomenHear. Twitter users tweeted quotes spoken to Christian women, and used the hashtag to group them all together. There were hundreds…
This post was written by Sierra White (sierrawhite.com) with contributions from 9 people, including myself. Since the summer of 2015 I have been fervently seeking out God’s heart for women…
Every time. Every time there is a discussion about the role of women in church leadership, someone throws out this verse: I do not permit a woman to teach or to…
Unity. Agree to disagree. Learn to work together. Put secondary things aside. I hear these phrases all the time. I’ve had numerous meetings, conversations, and exchanges with male pastors regarding…
This is Part 5 in “The Real Lives of Women in Ministry” series. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Read Part 4 here. “So…
This is Part 4 in “The Real Lives of Women in Ministry” series. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. Read Part 5 here. You…