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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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Leadership Part III
Posted on October 7, 2009 | 3 CommentsIn our church we are Presbyterian. This means we have a group of Elders who oversee the spiritual and pastoral affairs of the church. The minister is considered to be the same as the other elders, though with the special task of teaching. He is...
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Leadership
Posted on September 29, 2009 | 17 CommentsOne of the most valuable lessons I ever learnt about leadership was that leadership is not simply about getting people to do what you want. Rather it is about uniting people to a common goal that people want to be a part of. Consequently leadership... -
Final Thoughts for the Continuing Discussion – Blog Conference Post #7
Posted on September 14, 2009 | 14 CommentsAnd so our blog conference draws to a close officially tomorrow, though of course you are all welcome to continue the discussion in the comments section of each of the posts! It’s been great to see this happening, and an educational and stretching experience trying...
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Women and Men: Equal but sometimes Different – Blog Conference Post #5
Posted on September 10, 2009 | 55 CommentsThe following is the fifth post in our Blog Conference on Women and Ministry during which we’ll be hosting posts written by people from a range of viewpoints with the opportunity for you to interact with the material and discuss the implications for the Church... -
Women Elders? – Blog Conference post #1
Posted on September 2, 2009 | 191 CommentsThe following is the first in our Blog Conference on Women and Ministry during which we’ll be hosting posts written by people from a range of viewpoints with the opportunity for you to interact with the material and discuss the implications for the Church and... -
Blog Conference: Background and Introduction
Posted on September 1, 2009 | 4 CommentsWelcome to the start of our Blog Conference on Women and Ministry! Here we’ll be hosting posts written by people from a range of viewpoints with the opportunity for you to interact with the material and discuss the implications for the Church and the gospel.... -
Eldership leadership?
Posted on August 11, 2009 | 11 CommentsI grew up with an understanding of leadership that meant that those “in authority” were somehow “above” those they were in authority over. They could tell those under them what to do, and it was wrong for them to be questioned by those they led, simply because...