RT France\u2019s last chp in Women in the Ministry of the Church<\/em> deals with women who are examples of ministry in the Bible. It begins with the Old Testament: Miriam (Ex 15:20), Deborah (Judg 4:4-5), Huldah (2 Ki 22:12-20), Noadiah (Neh 6:14), along with others (Ezek 13:17ff; Joel 2:28-32), and the wise women (2 Sam 14:1-20; 20:16-22). RT France\u2019s last chp in Women in the Ministry of the Church deals with women who are examples of ministry in the Bible. It begins with the Old Testament: Miriam (Ex 15:20), Deborah (Judg 4:4-5), Huldah (2 Ki 22:12-20), Noadiah (Neh 6:14), along with others (Ezek 13:17ff; Joel 2:28-32), and the wise women (2 Sam […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,1750],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-missional","category-women-and-ministry"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThen to Jesus. Anna (Lk 2:36-38), women as present (Luke 8:1-3; cf. Mark 3:31-35) and Luke 10:38-42. More could be listed. Then to women in the apostolic church. Priscilla mentioned before Aquila.
\nPaul: Phil 4:2-3 with Romans 16:1-16 is not without significance. Mary (v. 6), Tryphaena and Tryphosa (v. 12), Persis (v. 12) who \u201clabored\u201d (a word Paul uses to describe his own ministry). Prisca, a \u201cco-worker\u201d \u2014 elsewhere used for men; Junia \u2014 about whom where is lots of discussion today \u2014 is said to be prominent in the opinion of the \u201capostles\u201d or one of the apostles. If this is a woman, and the evidence is in favor of that, we may have a major ministry being described for a female. France thinks it calls here a prominent missionary-apostle. Phoebe is a \u201cdeacon\u201d and is \u201cprominent\u201d (16:1-2).
\nGal 3:28 in France\u2019s view has to do with equality in Christ. The trajectory finds its endpoint in this text.
\nConclusion, and what do you think<\/strong>? \u201cThe early church as it appears in Acts remained a male-dominated movement, but within which the seeds of greater equality of the sexes and a more prominent role for women which we saw planted in Jesus\u2019 ministry were beginning to grow\u201d (81).
\nFrance asks this question in closing: which text\/texts are basic? Those that specify limitation or those that indicate potential non-limitation? France thinks the indications of women in ministry throughout the Bible is a trajectory we can follow \u2014 biblically \u2014 today. Others call this the redemptive trend.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"