Millions of women around the world are looking over the shoulder of the Church, longing to see the freedom that Jesus won for them at Calvary. Thousands of them have found freedom in Jesus, but they are still bound by human ideas—ideas that force women to let culture, not God, determine their place in the Kingdom.
While outside the church men and women are hurting and crying out, “Is there hope? Does anyone care?” their sisters in the church are asking, “How can I share the hope I have? How can I, as a woman, serve the Lord?” Many women, having heard God call them to public ministry in the Kingdom, are taking up leadership positions. They are asking, “Will the church support us?”
We must respond. The issue of women in missions, ministry, and leadership divides homes, churches, communities, and even society. We must respond responsibly, for we do not want to find ourselves working against God’s purposes, stifling His Spirit at work in the lives of those He has called. We must respond carefully, for God’s truth often stands in direct opposition to what the majority of people believe.
And Why Not Women? brings light, not heat, to the Church's crucial controversy by:
- a detailed study of women in Old Testament writings, the ministry of Jesus, and the letters of the Apostle Paul;
- historical and current global perspectives;
- an exploration of the value and role of women in Greek and Roman history and literature, rabbinic writings, the early Church, contemporary cultures, and the Church today;
- a powerful revelation about what is at stake for women, men, the Body of Christ, the kingdom of God, and the unreached.
ISBN: 9782881500916