May 20, 2012 Message by David Johnson
Practice:
Pick 3-5 women that you know and pray for each of them, every day this week. Ask God to encourage them, to call gifts out of them, and to give them what they need this week.
Experience:
Go out of your way to encourage, affirm and call out the gifts you see in the women that you know this week. Write them notes or emails, give them a phone call, or meet for coffee with them to tell them what you see in them. Do this especially for the younger women that you know.
Questions:
- What is your journey regarding what you’ve understood the Bible to say about women’s and men’s place in leadership and teaching roles in the church?
- When you come to a place in the Bible that seems confusing and might even make you angry, what do you do?
- If you’ve changed your thoughts about women in leadership in the church, what has encouraged that change?
- What questions do you still have about men and women working “side by side” with each other?
- What do you hope for the next generation of men and women in the church?
Recommended Reads:
- Equally Yoked by Rick McKinniss
- How I Changed My Mind About Women in Leadership by Alan F. Johnson
- Designer Women: Made by God by Ruth Tuttle Conard
Men, Women & Worship - 2 (PDF)
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