The Interview: Scripture doesn’t make rules for pastors’ wives. Beth Allison Barr explains why it matters
KATHRYN POST, of Religion News Service, reports that in ‘Becoming the Pastor’s Wife’, Barr argues that the white, evangelical model for pastors’ wives is a product of culture, not Scripture…
The Interview: Beth Allison Barr wants Christians to know where “Biblical womanhood” comes from (it’s not the Bible)
EMILY MCFARLAN MILLER, of Religion News Service, speaks with Beth Allison Barr about the idea of “Biblical womanhood”, what she believes the Bible actually has to say about the role of women and what it will take for things to change…
Women and the church: With Beth Moore’s exit, more evangelical women are challenging strict gender norms
YONAT SHIMRON, of Religion News Service, reports on how the idea of complementarianism within Southern Baptist churches is changing for some…
New video captures sexist comments to women ministers – read by male counterparts
RNS “I can’t concentrate on your sermon because you’re so pretty.” “You do a really good job. But I think Scripture is more meaningful if read with a male voice.” “I keep picturing you naked under your robe.” For female ministers in the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church, comments like these […]
Essay: Women rise in strength
AMANDA JACKSON, executive director of the World Evangelical Alliance’s Women’s Commission, reflects on some key ideas which emerged from a recent gathering of 60 Christian women in Amsterdam…
Essay: Most Southern Baptist women would welcome a woman pastor. It’s unlikely to happen
Against the backdrop of the Southern Baptist’s annual meeting being held in the US this week, RYAN BURGE, a political science teacher at Eastern Illinois University and co-founder of Religion in Public, looks – in an article first published on Religion News Service – at beliefs about women preachers…