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Jesus feminists: Storming the old boys’ club

QLD Synod Webmaster — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 00:00:39 +0000

The dreaded “F” word: bra burnings and angry women are so last century yet the stigma around feminism remains. Ashley Thompson speaks with four Christian women reclaiming feminist values for ministry and mission. Simply put, feminism is a stand for the political, economic and social equality of the sexes. It is the belief that men ...

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Rachel Held Evans: Busting myths about millennials

QLD Synod Webmaster — Mon, 08 Jun 2015 22:00:38 +0000

A millennial’s reasons for staying, leaving and returning to church are as rich and complex as the generation itself. Ashley Thompson speaks with New York Times best-selling author Rachel Held Evans about why Generation Y isn’t as shallow as you might think. A self-described introvert and “doubt-filled believer” from the small town of Dayton, Tennessee, ...

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In search for a community of Christ

QLD Synod Webmaster — Tue, 05 May 2015 04:00:18 +0000

Rachel Held Evans is a young, thoughtful, hyperconnected woman of faith—and she has a troubled relationship with church. Having grown up in, then left, an evangelical nondenominational church, she is broadly representative of a generation of millennials that have grown up in churches but now in adulthood struggle with the baggage heaped upon them by ...

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