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In September we held a Blog Conference on the topic of "Women and Ministry" - See the Intro Post for more info.
Blog Conference Posts:
i) Introduction and Background - Ken Finis
1) Women Elders? - Peter Barnes
2) What is Submission? (Eph 5:21-23) - Dave Woolcott
3) Working together in Ministry - John McClean
4) 1 Timothy 2:11-15 – Universal sin or an Ephesian situation? - Cheryl Schatz
5) Women and Men: Equal but sometimes Different - Doug Haley
6) Female Teaching - Catherine Booth
ii) Final Thoughts for the Continuing Discussion - Ken FinisLogin
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Women and Ministry Archive
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The Slippery Slope Part 3 (finally!)
Posted on June 23, 2010 | No CommentsIf you have just tuned in, Phillips so far has failed to provide any evidence that the acceptance of women’s ordination moves towards the affirmation of homosexuality. Lets have a look at the third and final part! “Fourthly, as Michael Vasey demonstrates, evangelicals are not...
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The Slippery Slope (again!) Part 2…
Posted on March 6, 2010 | No Comments“As Night Follows Day? (Part 2) David Phillips January 28, 2010 (Editor’s note: The following article was written by David Phillips, general secretary of the Church Society, the oldest evangelical organization in the Church of England. The article originally appeared in its entirety here .... -
CBMW continue their campaign of scare tactics with the old ‘slippery slope’!
Posted on March 4, 2010 | No CommentsThis is part one of a three part series that CBMW have done at their blog. My thoughts are included. I did not really enjoy reading it…I just have an issue with letting this thinking go unchallenged. “As Night Follows Day? (Part 1) David Phillips... -
All in a Name…
Posted on February 26, 2010 | 3 CommentsOn another blog I read the following comment; “…egals believe in democracy when it comes to Christianity… .” It seems to me that the discussion over the role of women in the church and home is confused by the terms that are used to describe... -
It’s a Big Bad World out there…
Posted on December 14, 2009 | 5 CommentsI have been off wandering the Blogosphere over the last couple of weeks and discovered that it was a dangerous place to be. I visited two blogs that were discussing issues related to gender. At just one of the blogs I was told the following:... -
Is There Mutual Submission in Ephesians?
Posted on December 1, 2009 | 8 CommentsI need to get out of the habit of looking at the CBMW website…this is their latest at Gender Blog with my thoughts underneath… Is There Mutual Submission in Ephesians? Tools: Print E-mailPermalink Jeff Breeding November 27, 2009 Here’s the question – in Ephesians 5:21,... -
Belief in Equality leads to MORE homosexuality!!
Posted on November 17, 2009 | 6 CommentsEgalitarians are often accused of sliding the slippery slope to homosexuality. Thankfully there has been a Complementarian who has decided to try and settle the issue. I am thankful because they have given it their best shot and have failed to bring forward any evidence.... -
Flourish Conference Talks
Posted on November 5, 2009 | No CommentsIf you are interested in listening to the two main talks from the Flourish Conference by Craig Tucker, they are here. The sound quality is not great, and talk 1 is the second talk and talk 2 is the first talk! The first talk is... -
Flourish Women’s Conference
Posted on October 24, 2009 | No CommentsIn his post at our Conference Joh0n McClean mentioned the Flourish Conference. The conference is running right now! The website for the Conference can be found here. If you go to the info on the program and speakers you will get an idea of what... -
A Response to Peter Barnes & the Loving Submission of the Wife!
Posted on October 13, 2009 | 4 CommentsPeter has a regular spot in our church magazine on the back page. It is titled “The Last Word with Peter Barnes”. Perhaps the Conference has spurred Peter on to have the last word, but this was something I could not allow! What Peter writes here...