Why not women? : a fresh look at scripture on women in missions, ministry, and leadership /
Cunningham, Loren
Why not women? : a fresh look at scripture on women in missions, ministry, and leadership / Loren Cunningham, David J. Hamilton ; with Janice Rogers. - Seattle, WA YWAM Publishing c2000 - 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Library has 2014 printing.
Includes bibliographical references.
It's high time! -- How we know what we believe -- Your gifts and destiny -- Women prophets, evangelists, and teachers -- Daughters of Pandora -- Daughters of Venus -- Daughters of Eve -- Distorting the image -- Jesus broke down the walls -- Paul turned his world upside down -- Bringing the gospel to sin city, A.D. 50 -- The question of headship (Part one of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16) -- Praying and prophesying (Part two of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16) -- Should women keep silent? (Part one of 1 Corinthians 14:26-40) -- Learning how to minister (Part two of 1 Corinthians 14:26-40) -- "Do not permit a woman to teach" (Part one of 1 Timothy 2:1-15) -- Paul's gracious solution (Part two of 1 Timothy 2:1-15) -- Women leaders too (1 Timothy 3:1-13) -- A final word.
Millions of women all over the world are looking over the church's shoulder, longing to see the freedom Jesus purchased for them at Calvary. Millions more have found freedom in Jesus but are still bound by human ideas - ideas that pressure a woman to let culture, not God, determine her place in the Kingdom. While hurting men and women outside the church cry out, "Is there any hope? Does anyone care?" their sisters in the church are asking, "How can I share the hope I have? How can I, a woman, serve the Lord?" Many women, having heard God call them into public roles in the Kingdom, are serving in positions of leadership. They are asking, "Will the church support us?" We must respond. The issue of women in missions, ministry, and leadership is dividing homes, churches, communities, even societies. We must respond responsibly, for we never want to find ourselves working against God's purposes, quenching His Spirit at work in the lives of those He has called. We must respond carefully, since God's truth often stands in direct opposition to what the majority of people believe. Why Not Women? brings light, not just more heat, to the church's crucial debate with: A detailed study of women in Scripture -- Historical and current global perspectives -- An examination of the fruit of women in public ministry -- A hard-hitting revelation of what's at stake for women, men, the Body of Christ, God's Kingdom, and the unreached. Why Not Women? also includes an examination of the fruit of women in public ministry, an exploration of the value and roles of women in Greek and Roman history and literature, Jewish rabbinic literature, the early church, current cultures and the church today. Enjoy historical as well as current global perspectives, and a detailed study of women in Old Testament writings, Jesus' ministry, and Paul's letters.
1576581837 9781576581834
Bible--Study and teaching.
Women in Christianity--History.
Women in church work--History.
Women in the Bible.
261.8344
Why not women? : a fresh look at scripture on women in missions, ministry, and leadership / Loren Cunningham, David J. Hamilton ; with Janice Rogers. - Seattle, WA YWAM Publishing c2000 - 279 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Library has 2014 printing.
Includes bibliographical references.
It's high time! -- How we know what we believe -- Your gifts and destiny -- Women prophets, evangelists, and teachers -- Daughters of Pandora -- Daughters of Venus -- Daughters of Eve -- Distorting the image -- Jesus broke down the walls -- Paul turned his world upside down -- Bringing the gospel to sin city, A.D. 50 -- The question of headship (Part one of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16) -- Praying and prophesying (Part two of 1 Corinthians 11:2-16) -- Should women keep silent? (Part one of 1 Corinthians 14:26-40) -- Learning how to minister (Part two of 1 Corinthians 14:26-40) -- "Do not permit a woman to teach" (Part one of 1 Timothy 2:1-15) -- Paul's gracious solution (Part two of 1 Timothy 2:1-15) -- Women leaders too (1 Timothy 3:1-13) -- A final word.
Millions of women all over the world are looking over the church's shoulder, longing to see the freedom Jesus purchased for them at Calvary. Millions more have found freedom in Jesus but are still bound by human ideas - ideas that pressure a woman to let culture, not God, determine her place in the Kingdom. While hurting men and women outside the church cry out, "Is there any hope? Does anyone care?" their sisters in the church are asking, "How can I share the hope I have? How can I, a woman, serve the Lord?" Many women, having heard God call them into public roles in the Kingdom, are serving in positions of leadership. They are asking, "Will the church support us?" We must respond. The issue of women in missions, ministry, and leadership is dividing homes, churches, communities, even societies. We must respond responsibly, for we never want to find ourselves working against God's purposes, quenching His Spirit at work in the lives of those He has called. We must respond carefully, since God's truth often stands in direct opposition to what the majority of people believe. Why Not Women? brings light, not just more heat, to the church's crucial debate with: A detailed study of women in Scripture -- Historical and current global perspectives -- An examination of the fruit of women in public ministry -- A hard-hitting revelation of what's at stake for women, men, the Body of Christ, God's Kingdom, and the unreached. Why Not Women? also includes an examination of the fruit of women in public ministry, an exploration of the value and roles of women in Greek and Roman history and literature, Jewish rabbinic literature, the early church, current cultures and the church today. Enjoy historical as well as current global perspectives, and a detailed study of women in Old Testament writings, Jesus' ministry, and Paul's letters.
1576581837 9781576581834
Bible--Study and teaching.
Women in Christianity--History.
Women in church work--History.
Women in the Bible.
261.8344