In my previous article, I offered an annotated resource list to help pastors and sessions think more carefully about women’s participation in the ministry of the church. What follows gathers ten biblical considerations that are often overlooked when discussion narrows...
For much of my life, I assumed I already knew what Scripture said about women’s participation in ministry. Like many pastors formed within the PCA, I inherited settled conclusions early on. I learned the familiar passages, absorbed the standard arguments, and moved...
In this installment of AMR’s Three Questions series, Chris Gordon sits down with Kathy Clow, whose work quietly spans continents, callings, and seasons of life. Kathy and her husband John have served with Mission to the World for nearly twenty-five years, most...
Christine Gordon interviews Judie Puckett about the Shepherdess Ministry and Chapelgate Presbyterian Church Judie Puckett serves as the Director of Women’s Ministries at Chapelgate Presbyterian Church in Marriottsville, Maryland
Christine Gordon interviews Allie Vining and Linda Lloyd about the women’s ministry at Chesterfield Presbyterian in Missouri.
Christine Gordon interviews Joy Beans about her ministry with RUF at the University of Maryland - Baltimore County
One of the most important leadership lessons I learned in seminary was to pay attention to power: to recognize who has formal and informal power in a church system or organization and who doesn’t. It’s not always who you might expect! However, I’ve been surprised to...
Christine Gordon interviews Melody Perkins about her ministry with Grace and Peace of St. Louis.
Christine Gordon interviews Kathy Jenke and Rachel Stevener about their ministry with Grace Presbyterian of Silicon Valley.
People often wonder why women seek a theological education if they do not plan to be pastors. I appreciate the question and love to engage it as someone who holds a seminary degree and who works at Covenant Theological Seminary. As the Presbyterian Church in America...
