Although later pushed to the side, women in early Christian communities often owned the 'house churches' where congregations gathered to worship. The status of women in early Christianity has been ...
She was indeed an influential figure, but as a prominent disciple and leader of one wing of the early Christian movement that promoted women's leadership. Certainly, the New Testament Gospels ...
“We have conventions to train, educate, inspire and uplift women for ministry for better ... Pentecostal church and the fifth largest Christian church in the U.S., the release says, with more ...
"We just started talking about how we're both Christian, how we both believe in Jesus and our love for Jesus," Aldrete said. The women bonded over their shared feelings about working in a "dark ...
Other sources illuminate the stories of Christian women from the larger Near East who moved to Jerusalem, some even establishing monasteries. “Self-flagellation practices are well documented in ...
Fundamentalism and Gender uncovered many of the ways women were historically unseated from roles of authority in the church—both explicitly and implicitly. Since 1900, the Christian Century has ...