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An Overview of Women Ministers in the Early Church
Women have always played important roles in the mission of the church and they are a part of our history. I highlight some of these women here.
Here you’ll find articles about the mutuality and equality of men and women in Christian marriage and ministry, as well as articles on women in the Bible and in the early church. Take a look around.
~ Marg Mowczko
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Women have always played important roles in the mission of the church and they are a part of our history. I highlight some of these women here.
What is the mystery in Eph 5:32? Here’s my quick take on “This mystery is great; but I am speaking with reference to Christ and the church.”
I’ve highlighted the structure and vocabulary of 1 Cor. 14:26-40 which contains verses 33-34, “Women should be silent in the churches …”
The idea that Artemis of Ephesus was a fertilty or mother goddess is often repeated. Using ancient evidence, Sandra Glahn challenges these ideas, and others, in her book Nobody’s Mother.
Was paraclete a military term as some claim? I look at ancient Greek texts to see how the word was used outside and within the New Testament.
Mary the mother of James and Joseph/ Joses, also known as “the other Mary,” is mentioned 7 times in the Synoptic Gospels. What do we know about her?
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