Text Messages: The Ministry of Women and Romans 16
Warden of Cranmer Hall, DurhamSurveys Romans 16 and finds firm evidence for the ministry of women in the early church.
Edition contents
Volume 21 Number 2 (2004)
An issue on the ministry of women
In this edition. Each entry below names the writer, their stated role at the time of publication, and a short description of the piece. Full texts are held in the printed journal.
Woman Priests: Towards a More Fully Human Church
Vicar of Holy Trinity, Millhouses, SheffieldReflects on calling and ministry as one of the first generation of women ordained priest in the Church of England.
Women Priests: The next generation
in conversation with Margaret MassonA conversation among three young curates, ordained deacon in 2003, about being young women in the church.
Women in the Episcopate?
Professor of Divinity (retired), University of DurhamAn insider account of the Church of England working party on women in the episcopate and the issues at stake.
Almost Evangelical
Ministry Development Officer, Diocese of RochesterExplores the difficulties facing an ordained evangelical woman and what a genuinely hospitable evangelical constituency might look like.
For and Beyond the Ordination of Women
Professor of Sociology, Gordon College, MassachusettsAsks why women's ordination matters, where its limits lie, and what prophetic witness to justice might still require.
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