Aemilia Lanyer: A 17th-century Christian feminist and published author
Aemilia Lanyer was an English author and a professing Christian. She promoted equality and freedom for women in her poetry which was published in 1611.
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Tag: Women in Church History
The Countess of Huntingdon and Gospel Ministry
Selina Hastings, the Countess of Huntingdon, was a tireless and influential leader and benefactor of the Methodist movement in Britain in the 1700s.
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Count Zinzendorf and an Egalitarian Revival
In this article Rob Dixon writes about the egalitarian views of Count Zinzendorf (b.1700) who once stated “If we put women in the corner we will lose a jewel.”
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Female Martyrs and their Ministry in the Early Church
A post about female martyrs in the early church, including Blandina and Perpetua: “those who have conformed themselves to Christ, even in death.”
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Barbara Aland and the Nestle-Aland Greek NT
Most modern translations of the New Testament rely on the Nestle-Aland Greek New Testament. One of the small group editors of 27th edition of this Greek New Testament is scholar Barbara Aland. This article provides a brief history of the Nestle-Aland text and a brief biography of Barbara Aland.
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Nino of Georgia: A Woman Evangelist “Equal to the Apostles”
Nino (also known as Saint Nina) was a remarkable woman who brought Christianity to Iberia (present-day Georgia) way back in the 300s. She is regarded as “Equal to the Apostles” by the Orthodox Church.
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Phoebe Palmer: The Mother of the Holiness Movement
Phoebe Palmer was the most influential woman in the American Methodist Church at a time when it was the largest Christian denomination in America. Her adult life was full of astonishing achievements in ministry.
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Catherine of Siena: Lessons from her Life & Ministry
Catherine of Siena ministered to souls blighted by poverty, injustice and disease. Her influence also reached the highest echelons of both civil and church politics in late medieval Italy
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